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Close to Famous

Close to Famous

Bauer, Joan, 1951-
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Puffin, 2012.
Format: Book
Description: 250, 7 pages : [2] illustrations ; 20 cm
Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.
Subjects:
Baking -- Juvenile fiction.
Cupcakes -- Juvenile fiction.
Country life -- West Virginia -- Juvenile fiction.
Literacy -- Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families -- Juvenile fiction.
West Virginia -- Juvenile fiction.
Target Audience: 010 and up.
ISBN: 9780142420171 (pbk.)
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Call Number Location Shelf Location Status
C Bauer Main (Downtown) Garden Level, Children's Fiction In
C Bauer Main (Downtown) Garden Level, Children's Fiction In
C Bauer Southeast Display, Children's Fiction In
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Includes excerpt of author's Hope was here.

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