Awards
- Commended for CCBC Our Choice (Starred Selection) 2007 (Canada)
- Commended for Maine State Library Cream of the Crop List 2007 (United States)
- Commended for OLA Best Bets - Top 10 Fiction for Young Adults 2007 (Canada)
- Commended for SSLI Honor Book 2007 (United States)
Overview
At fifteen, Tamara has survived the foster-care system through brains, will and attitude. Now there's high school to get through, along with her teacher's latest community project -- volunteering at the local seniors' home. Tamara doubts she can endure either the residents or the smells. Then she's assigned to Jean Barclay, a cranky, wealthy and frail former schoolteacher. As the two size one another up, they realize each is the key to achieving their own very different goals. Miss Barclay wants to attend an opera in Seattle -- a trip doctors insist she's too weak to undertake. Tamara wants to enroll in modeling school in Vancouver -- an expense she can't begin to afford. They plan the road trip of a lifetime -- but can these two bossy, manipulative women keep from throttling each other before their goals are realized?
Full Product Details
Author: Glen Huser
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Imprint: Groundwood Books Ltd ,Canada
Edition: First Trade Paper Edition
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 3.20cm
, Length: 17.70cm
Weight: 0.170kg
ISBN: 9780888997333
ISBN 10: 0888997337
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 14 September 2006
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Temporarily unavailable
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Reviews
...[Huser]'s portrait of two outsiders is an affecting and involving one...The road trip is entertaining, and revelatory, and Huser realistically gives his heroines only some of what they wish for. * Horn Book * Both characters emerge as strongly sympathetic rebels; readers will applaud their outlaw partnership and be glad that Tamara, at least, receives forgiveness and a fresh start. * Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books * This is a super cross-generations book!...This is a well-done story with strong characters who will appeal to middle school readers. * Library Media Connection *
Author Information
Glen Huser's award-winning novels include Stitches (winner of the Governor General's Award), Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen (nominated for the Governor General's Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award and the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize) and Touch of the Clown (shortlisted for the Mr. Christie's Book Award).Visit Glen Huser's website:http://glenhuser.com/
