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Stand Tall
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Description
Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents’ recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.Joan Bauer is the author of thirteen books for young readers.Joan’s 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. Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.US
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| Dimensions | 0.5200 × 5.5000 × 8.1300 in |
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| Subjects | books for 13 year old boys, tween books for girls ages 11-14, books for 11 year old boys, books for 12 year old boys, books for 11 year old girls, books for 10 year old girls, chapter books for kids 6-8, books for 12 year old girls, books for 14 year old boys, divorce, books for 14 year old girls, books for 13 year old girls, teen fiction books, kids books ages 9-12, YAF058120, YAF018000, coming of age, Friendship, family, 2nd grade reading books, 3rd grade books, 3rd grade reading books, 7th grade reading list, 8th grade reading list |