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Summer's End
Audrey Couloumbis

Puffin, 2007

The summer Grace turns thirteen is when everything changes. The Vietnam War is raging, and Grace’s brother, Collin, is drafted. But Collin decides to take a stand and burn his draft card, igniting a war within the family. Grace suddenly finds herself bewildered and angry, thrust into a turbulent political climate. The war is everywhere, and Grace quickly learns that she cannot escape it, no matter how hard she tries.

Getting Near to Baby

37 reviews
Audrey Couloumbis

Thorndike Press, 2000

Getting Near to Baby
The book I read was Getting Near To Baby by Audrey Couloumbis. This book is a realistic fiction book. It is a good book and I recommend it. In this book there is a girl named Willa Jo, a girl named "Little Sister", and a girl named "Baby". At the beginning of this story baby had died from drinking bad carnival water. Willa Jo, Little Sister, and their mom were very sad and didn't really keep up ...

Getting Near to Baby
Couloumbis Audrey

Scholastic, Inc., 2001

Willa Jo is up on the roof at Aunt Patty's house. She went up there to see the sun rise, and Little Sister folllowed her, like she always does. But by midmorning , willa Jo is still up on that roof, and she knows it wasn't just the sunrise that brought her there. The trouble is, once she climbs up, Willa Jo can't seem to come down. Coming down would mean she'd have to explain about Baby. And how can she explain.

The Misadventures of Maude March

8 reviews
Audrey Couloumbis

Yearling, 2007

Sure to Appeal to Adventure Seeking Girls! Don't miss it!
Much like the "dimer novels" Sallie enjoys reading in this novel, "The Misadventures of Maude March" gets off to a rollicking start and continues at this fast and furious pace. Bank robberies, mountain lions, ornery mules, shooting, snake attacks, outlaw gangs--it is full of everything a reader could want. When Sallie and Maude are orphaned by the stray bullet from a dimer hero Joe Harden, ...

Love Me Tender
Audrey Couloumbis

Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008

Elvira’s family has never been the warm, fuzzy type. Most of the time, Elvira can’t stand the sight of her little sister, Kerrie. Elvira and her mother, Mel, fight more often than not. Mel hasn’t spoken to her own family in years. And when Mel announces she’s pregnant again, Elvira’s daddy storms off to Las Vegas to enter an Elvis impersonator competition. But when an urgent phone call sends Elivra, Mel, and Kerrie ...

Maude March on the Run!

3 reviews
Audrey Couloumbis

Yearling, 2008

best one yet
my librerrian gave me thiese books and the first one was great! i never read a western before but i will read them now. the second one is new and we read it for our readers group and talked about how the characters are growing up and it is even better than the first book. vry high on advnture.

Say Yes

20 reviews
Audrey Couloumbis

Puffin, 2003

Carolyn's Review
I read a Nutmeg book titled Say Yes by Audrey Couloumbis. It is an amazing realistic fiction story that is set in present time. The main characters in this story were a 12 year old girl named Casey, a 16 year old boy named Paulie, and Sylvia, Casey's stepmother. Casey is a quiet kid who will do almost anything so she won't have to go to foster care. Paulie is a foster child in the same ...