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22 reviews
Joan Bauer

Puffin, 2005

Review by Mirit
Stand tall! Standing tall is a metaphor for sticking up for yourself and not letting things such as words hurt you. This book Stand Tall has an amazing message. It shows what happens when people are self-conscious. Then at the same time it shows how the area that you're self-conscious about is a positive feature. It also shows that if you let words or actions get to you then you'll never be ...

On the Fringe

13 reviews
Chris Crutcher, Ron Koertge, ...

Dial, 2001

A Great Book for Sharing
I used selections from this collection as read-alouds for my 8th grade language arts class (I end class most days with a read-aloud, while students keep a response journal). Because of the subject matter, these stories definitely engage the students and keep their attention. Do they all "get" the message? No, but I guarantee that when you look around the room and see the eyes of those two or ...

Best Foot Forward

7 reviews
Joan Bauer

Puffin, 2006

Courtesy of Teens Read Too
She did it again! Joan Bauer hooked me on yet another novel about selling shoes! I had previously read Rules of the Road, where we were introduced to Jenna Boller. In BEST FOOT FORWARD we again root for Jenna of Gladstone Shoes. I even *ahem* took this book to church to read between Sunday School and the church service. It was that good. Mrs. Gladstone puts Jenna in charge of Tanner, a boy ...

Squashed

33 reviews
Joan Bauer

Puffin, 2005

Wonderful
This is a unique and very entertaining book for juveniles--especially young girls would like this. I like this because it is a story about a farm girl in Iowa--something that young girls don't get exposed to very often these days, and it's so nice to have a young female heroine whose noble goal is to grow a giant pumpkin rather than some superficial nonsense. Funny and real.

Peeled

7 reviews
Joan Bauer

Putnam Juvenile, 2008

Crisp and juicy!
There is nothing more that sixteen-year-old Banesville High School junior, Hildy Biddle, wants, than to be a serious, hard-hitting journalist. Someone who breaks the big news before anyone else. Interviews countless people on a quest for an unsuspected scoop. But, as much as Hildy loves her hometown of Banesville, New York, the little apple harvesting town can't exactly be called a hotspot for ...

Hope Was Here

3 reviews
Joan Bauer

First Scholastic Printing, 2001

"Hope Was Here" is an awesome book!
"Hope Was Here" is a great book for anyone looking for an easier summer read. I have read it twice for pleasure, once for a book report, and once for a newspaper review, and I'm still not bored! It accurately portrays how a teenager must adapt to change and new ways of life nearly everyday. The reactions of the main character, Hope, are very realistic. There's a fair amount of characters, but ...

Sticks PB

11 reviews
Joan Bauer

Putnam Juvenile, 2002

If you haven't read this book, READ IT!
For a person who likes to play pool, this is a good book to read. If you dont really like to play pool, this is still an incredible book. This book is by a fantastic author and she wrote this book like she was the main character. When I read this book I didnt really like to play pool but when I was reading this book I could veiw all the book and when they were playing pool in the book it seemed ...

Hope Was Here (r/i)

166 reviews
Joan Bauer

Puffin, 2005

Hope...
Saludos. Me interesa saber el costo del producto, franqueo (S&H), y modo de envío. Es muy importante observar y verificar la dirección postal y/o residencial para que el envío correcto sea por correo postal (USPS) o mediante (UPS). Gracias. Roberto Cruz

Rules of the Road

131 reviews
Joan Bauer

Puffin, 2005

Strong Characters
Jenna doesn't do well in school, and she isn't happy with the fact that she is so tall. Her little sister is the beautiful one in the family. Jenna does have one talent, though. She is excellent at selling. Specifically, she is excellent at selling shoes, which is her part-time job. She loves working at Gladstone's shoe store, a store that prizes quality service and quality products. This ...

Backwater (r/i)

38 reviews
Joan Bauer

Puffin, 2005

Black Sheep
Ivy's entire huge extended family seems to be made up of loud lawyers. Her father and her uncle and, it seems, everyone else of any importance in the Breedlove clan, are lawyers. Ivy often feels out of place; she doesn't want to be a lawyer. She doesn't like to shout or argue, and she certainly doesn't feel like going to law school, despite the brochures her father keeps leaving around in her ...

Alumni perceptions used to assess undergraduate research experience.(Undergraduate Research Program): An ...
Karen W. Bauer, Joan S. Bennett

Ohio State University Press, 2003

This digital document is an article from Journal of Higher Education, published by Ohio State University Press on March 1, 2003. The length of the article is 8328 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Alumni perceptions used to ...

Rules of the Road
Joan Bauer

Scholastic Inc., 1999

. Rules of the Road is about a 16 year-old girl named Jenna Boller whose dad is an alcoholic. One day Jennas father comes into the shoe store that she works at drunk. The day that her father came in drunk just happened to be that the owner of Gladstones Shoes, Mrs. Madeline Gladstone (owner of 176 outlets in 37 states) was making her check-ups on how business was going. But instead of getting angry she hires Jenna to drive her to Texas from ...

Thwonk

1 review
Joan Bauer

Bantam Books, 1996

Windsor JR High school-SM
In the book, the main character (AJ McCreary) isn`t the most popular or the prettiest. She enjoys photography and plans on going to college for it, but lately she has been caught up with this most popular boy in school, Peter Terris. She isn`t doing to well in school because she is always dreaming about him. Sad thing is the only two men that love her that she knows of is her dog and her dad. ...

From One Experience to Another: Award-Winning Authors Sharing Real-Life Experiences Through Fiction

Forge Books, 1997

Fifteen of the most distinguished and award-winning authors for young adults draw upon their own experiences to create fictional stories that explore adolescence: everything from dating and love, the meaning and boundaries of friendship, fitting in, and measuring up to finding the courage to believe in oneself. Each story was specially commissioned for this collection, and includes an introductory essay by the author explaining the story's ...

The Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids Kids Readers: Kids Reader A Trip to Toy Town (Kids Readers)
Judith Bauer Stamper, Joan Ross Keyes

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

Stories based on The Oxford Picture Dictionary for Kids enhance children's vocabulary and reading skills.

Thwonk

30 reviews
Joan Bauer

Speak, 2005

Thwonk
It is a very funny, cute book. I think it connects with a lot of teens these days, and how we feel about love. It makes you never want to put the book down! i luved it!

The Development of the Mediated Mind: Sociocultural Context and Cognitive Development

Lawrence Erlbaum, 2004

This volume is a festschrift for Katherine Nelson, an NYU professor who was a pioneer in infant perception and memory. The "mediated mind" is a term coined by Dr. Nelson and it refers to how cognitive development is mediated by the sociocultural context, including language and social interaction. The impact of Nelson's views on the sociocultural basis of cognition and her functionalist perspective on cognitive development are evident in the ...

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