Summary
Humor, agriculture, and young love all come together in Joan Bauer’s first novel, set in rural Iowa. Sixteen-year-old Ellie Morgan’s life would be almost perfect if she could just get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin to put on about 200 more pounds—and if she could take off 20 herself, in hopes of attracting Wes, the new boy in town.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142404263 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142404268 |
| Author: | Joan Bauer |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Speak |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 2 June 2005 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 139mm x 207mm |
| Audience Age: | 12 |
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Joan Bauer
Joan Bauer is the author of thirteen books for young readers. Her first novel, Squashed, won the Delacorte Prize for a First Young Adult Novel. Five novels for young adult readers have followed: Thwonk, Sticks, Rules of the Road (LA Times Book Prize and Golden Kite), Backwater, and Hope was Here (Newbery Honor Medal). The Christopher Award was given to both Hope was Here and Close 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.
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