- Published: New York : Putman's, 1998.
- Year Published: 1998
- Description: 201 p.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
ISBN/Standard Number
- 014240425X (softcover) :
- 0698118286 :
- 0399231404 :
Subjects
- Stores, Retail -- Fiction.
- Old age -- Fiction.
- Automobile driving -- Fiction.
- Alcoholism -- Fiction.
- Texas -- Fiction.
Tags
shoes alcoholism in fiction chicago in fiction jenna boller road trip shoe store teen fiction Thumbs Up! Honor Book retail stores ALA Notable Children's Books 1999 dallas in fiction joan bauer
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Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.
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I think that this is a solidly plotted book, with plenty of suspense, and a sense of teenage life.
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