Intrepid teenage shoe salesperson, jenna boller, needs to get out of town for the summer because of her alcoholic dad, and gets more than she imagined when shes hired to drive her elderly boss down to texas for a corporate showdown. The christopher award was given to both hope was here and close to famous, which also received the schneider family book award. Joan bauer illuminates the twists and turns of a crosscountry journey that starts in a. Intrepid teenage shoe salesperson, jenna boller, needs to get out of town for the summer because of her alcoholic dad, and gets more than. Standing a gawky 511 at 16 years old, jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd for all the wrong reasons. A readers companion by teri lesesne department of library science sam houston state university, huntsville, tx.
Meet jenna boller, star employee at gladstone shoe store in chic. Like now i see that it isnt the problems along the way that make us or break us. She received a newbery honor medal for hope was here, and the l. Joan bauer is the author of thirteen books for young readers. Rules of the road by joan bauer is about a girl named jenna boller, an awkward, 511, kind 16 year old girl that has an unusual knack for selling shoes at gladstone shoe store in chicago. Meet jenna boller, star employee at gladstones shoe store in chicago. Its how we learn to stand and face them that makes the difference. April, 1998 a highschool student with a passion for selling shoes may be a hard sell to teenagers, but bauer sticks, 1996, etc.
Gladstone, share laughs and tears, and come home a better person. Now jenna boller shoe salesperson is about to become a shoestore spy as she joins her crusty old employer for an eyeopening adventure that will teach them both the rules of the road. Rules of the road by joan bauer overdrive rakuten overdrive. Books like rules of the road by joan bauer suggested. Standing a gawky 511 at 16 years old, jenna is the kind of girl. Standing a gawky 511 at 16 years old, jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out. Its a family centric book that delves into teen issues, adult issues too. She is already dealing with an alcoholic father who shows up at inopportune. Meet jenna boller, star employee at gladstone shoe store in chicago. Life is about to get even more complicated for jenna boller. Her first novel,squashed, received the ninth annual delacorte press prize for an outstanding first young adult novel. Sixteenyearold ellie morgan, like jenna in rules of the road, is less than happy with her physical appearance but uses her sense of humor to get her through.
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