Joan Bauer
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Language
English
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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.
3) Almost home
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264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
4) Soar
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296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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Moving to Hillcrest, Ohio, when his adoptive father accepts a temporary job, twelve-year-old Jeremiah, a heart transplant recipient, has sixty days to find a baseball team to coach.