Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Close to Famous / Joan Bauer / 250 pages

Foster McFee's brain closes up when she opens a book.  She almost flunked sixth grade because of it.  She is an excellent cook, however, develops her own recipes, and hopes to star in her own cooking show.  Her dad died in Iraq and her mom just broke up with an Elvis impersonator.  She and her mom fled Memphis when Huck hit her mom and broke their window.  They arrived in Culpepper, West Virginia.  Here she meets a famous& difficult movie star, a runner, a doc-maker, the daughter of the hardware store owner, et al.  She is "going to make the world a better place one cupcake at a time."  Excellent read!

Mark Twain Award Preliminary Nominee 21013-14

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