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Close to Famous - Softcover

Bauer, Joan

 
9780142420171: Close to Famous
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0142420174 ISBN 13: 9780142420171
Verlag: Puffin Books, 2012

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A novel full of heart, humor, and charm from Newbery Honor winner Joan Bauer!

When twelve-year-old Foster and her mother land in the tiny town of Culpepper, they don't know what to expect. But folks quickly warm to the woman with the great voice and the girl who can bake like nobody's business. Soon Foster - who dreams of having her own cooking show one day - lands herself a gig baking for the local coffee shop, and gets herself some much-needed help in overcoming her biggest challenge - learning to read . . . just as Foster and Mama start to feel at ease, their past catches up to them. Thanks to the folks in Culpepper, though Foster and her mama find the strength to put their troubles behind them for good.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Joan Bauer is the author of many books for young readers. She received a Newbery Honor Medal for Hope Was Here, and the L.A. Times Book Prize forRules of the Road. The Christopher Award was given to both Hope was Here andClose to Famous, which also received the Schneider Family Book Award. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers.

School Library Journal says, “When it comes to creating strong, independent, and funny characters, Bauer is in a class by herself.”
  
Joan Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.

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Verlag
Puffin Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0142420174
ISBN 13 
9780142420171
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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