Most Popular Books by Joan Bauer

Readers fell in love with teenage waitress Hope Yancey when Joan Bauer’s Newbery Honor–winning novel was published ten years ago. Now, with a terrific new jacket and note from the author, Hope’s story will inspire a new group of teen readers.

Feeling scared and powerless when her father''s anger escalates and her parents separate, twelve-year-old Anna spends the summer with her grandmother and decides to make a difference when she sees what seems to be a girl held against her will.

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.

The must-read sequel to the beloved Rules of the Road, from award-winning author Joan Bauer. Jenna Boller is dripping with newfound maturity after her life-altering summer on the road. She has a job she loves at Gladstone Shoes, a best friend who makes her laugh, and a dysfunctional family she''s learning how to handle. Jenna feels ready for anything—until Tanner Cobb, a guy with a past, a police record, and dangerously good looks, walks into her life. Suddenly Jenna''s surrounded by crises, including a shoe empire on the verge of crumbling. Tanner''s street smarts seem to be what Jenna needs, but can she trust him enough when the going gets tough?

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. Ninth Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding First Young Adult Novel.

Newbery Honor winner Joan Bauer hits a home run with her newest protagonist, who always sees the positive side of any situation. Jeremiah is not one to let anything keep him down. Starting with his adoption by computer genius Walt, Jeremiah has looked on his life as a series of lucky breaks. When a weak heart keeps him from playing his beloved baseball, Jeremiah appoints himself the team coach. When Walt has to move for another new assignment, Jeremiah sees it as a great chance to explore a new town. But no sooner do they arrive than a doping scandel is revealed and the town feels betrayed and disgraced. Jeremiah takes it as his personal mission to restore the town''s morale and help the teams bounce back and remember how to soar. Full of humor, heart, and baseball lore, Soar is Joan Bauer at her best.

Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone''s Shoe Store in Chicago. Standing a gawky 5''11'''' at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd for all the wrong reasons. But that doesn''t stop Madeline Gladstone, the president of Gladstone''s Shoes 176 outlets in 37 states, from hiring Jenna to drive her cross country in a last ditch effort to stop Elden Gladstone from taking over his mother''s company and turning a quality business into a shop-and-schlock empire. Now Jenna Boller shoe salesperson is about to become a shoe-store spy as she joins her crusty old employer for an eye-opening adventure that will teach them both the rules of the road...and the rules of life. Joan Bauer lives in Darien, CT.

Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness, in this new work by a Newbery Honor winner ("Hope Was Here").

Ivy doesn''t want to be a lawyer. Who cares? Well, her father, for starters, who expects his daughter to take up the Breedlove family profession with dedication and enthusiasm. But Ivy wants to be a historian, a vocation that''s getting quite a workout as she prepares a family history in honor of her beloved great-aunt Tib''s eightieth birthday. This undertaking takes Ivy on a great journey, as she hikes into the wilds of the Adirondacks to find her reclusive aunt Jo -- and her own destiny.

With the help of his grandmother, his dead father''s best friend, and his own best friend—a math whiz—Mickey prepares to compete in the most important pool championship of his life, despite his mother''s reservations.

A novel full of heart, humor, and charm from Newbery Honor winner Joan Bauer! When twelve-year-old Foster and her mother land in the tiny town of Culpepper, they don''t know what to expect. But folks quickly warm to the woman with the great voice and the girl who can bake like nobody''s business. Soon Foster - who dreams of having her own cooking show one day - lands herself a gig baking for the local coffee shop, and gets herself some much-needed help in overcoming her biggest challenge - learning to read . . . just as Foster and Mama start to feel at ease, their past catches up to them. Thanks to the folks in Culpepper, though Foster and her mama find the strength to put their troubles behind them for good.

Imagine having a personal cupid--an actual winged being--pop into your life and offer to make your dreams come true. The catch is he can help you in only one way: artistically, academically, or romantically. That''s what happens to aspiring photographer Allison Jean (A. J.) McCreary. A. J. knows she should concentrate on getting into a top-notch art school. But she''s spent five torturous months obsessed with handsome hunk, Peter Terris. Just one shot from the cupid''s bow and thownk, A. J. will have the undying devotion of handsome Peter...forever.

In an upstate New York farming community, high school reporter Hildy Biddle investigates a series of strange occurrences at a house rumored to be haunted.

A poignant, hopeful story of a girl and her puppy. Olive Hudson desperately wants a dog. But that doesn''t seem to be a possibility right now. Newly orphaned, she''s moving in with the half sister she hardly knows and their life is too chaotic to include a dog. But then something wonderful happens: Olive gets a chance to raise Lumie, a guide dog puppy. Discipline. Rules. Lots of hugs. Only the best of the best puppies continue on to become guide dogs, and of course Olive wants Lumie to be chosen. But if she is, that means that Olive will lose her. Once again, the incomparable Joan Bauer tells a touching story that is full of heart and warmth and unabashed idealism.

When sixteen-year-old Hope and the aunt who has raised her move from Brooklyn to Mulhoney, Wisconsin, to work as waitress and cook in the Welcome Stairways diner, they become involved with the diner owner''s political campaign to oust the town''s corrupt mayor.

Dojemný příběh o dívce, která dočasně přijde o svou maminku i domov. V těžké situaci jí pomáhají nejen dobří lidé, ale i její nejlepší přítel, pejsek Myška. Dvanáctiletá Sugar a její matka Reba neměly nikdy moc, ale zato měly vždycky jedna druhou. A to jim stačilo. Když ale přijdou o dům a vydají se do Chicaga hledat nový život, ze kterého se nakonec vyklubou jen prázdné sliby, Reba se nervově zhroutí a Sugar zůstane na všechno sama. Zanedlouho se dostane do pěstounské péče, kde jí dělá společnost pouze její milovaný pejsek Myška. Naštěstí Sugar zůstalo jedno pouto se starým životem v podobě bývalého učitele pana Bennetta, který ji povzbuzuje k psaní. A čím déle si Sugar vylévá srdce v básních, které odrážejí její strach a zmatenost, ale také sny a víru v lidi, tím lépe začíná chápat, že domov je místo, které si člověk nosí v srdci. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.