She has also won many awards including a Newbery Honor, The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, The Christopher Award, and The Golden Kite Award. Some of her books are Hope Was Here, Rules of the Road, Backwater, Squashed, Stand Tall, and Peeled. Will Foster and the towns dreams come true?ĪBOUT THE AUTHOR Joan Bauer is an author for kids and lives in New York with her husband and wheaten terrier, Max. They are forced to flee to the tiny town of Culpepper where all hope seems lost. But that dream gets put on hold when Huck, mama’s crazy ex boyfriend threatens to hurt them. SUMMARY Foster dreams of having her own cooking show just like her idol Sonny Kroll. Perseverance Wilson- a woman who wants to save the local church.Miss Charleena- a famous actress who left Hollywood.Macon- Foster’s new friend who wants to be a documentary film maker Joan Bauer has won numerous awards for her twelve (soon to be thirteen) novels for young readers, among them, the Newbery Honor Medal, the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Book Award, two Christopher Awards, the LA Times Book Prize, the Chicago Tribune Young adult Literary Prize, the Golden Kite Award of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and most.Huck- mama’s crazy Elvis impersonator ex boyfriend.Mama- Foster’s mom who dreams of being a singer.Foster- an 11 year old girl who dreams of having her own cooking show.And via vivid characterizations, crisp, believable dialogue and some exciting scenarios, Bauer keeps her fans hooked for an entertaining ride. The teen's efforts to put her best foot forward pay off in ways she couldn't imagine. But in Bauer's sure hand, Jenna's compassion and burgeoning confidence bubble up when she needs them most and slowly harden into a solid, likeable core. That leaves little time for having fun or for exploring a budding romance with Charlie from the local doughnut shop. Gladstone's insistence) a new hire who once shoplifted shoes from the store. Gladstone's recent merger with a larger company is fraught with problems and Jenna finds herself helping to untangle an unpleasant web of corporate corruption. Bauer takes Jenna emotionally deeper here, as the heroine struggles in her home life-she is trying to accept her now-absent alcoholic father and be supportive of her mother and younger sister-and these challenges are always on her mind, even as things get especially chaotic at work.

The road to a job well done is littered with detours, however. , readers accompany Jenna on a personal and professional journey that leaves her standing taller than ever in her Rolling Walkers. In this fittingly kicky companion to Rules of the Road Lots of teenage girls go crazy for shoes, but 16-year-old Jenna Boller is gaga for the shoe business-especially as it's run by her employer and role model Madeline Gladstone, matriarch of Gladstone Shoes.

Close to Famous by Joan Bauer