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Joan Bauer

Joan Bauer is the author of numerous books for young readers. She received a Newbery Honor Medal for Hope Was Here, and the L.A. Times Book Prize for Rules of the Road. The Christopher Award was given to both Hope was Here and Close to Famous, which also received the Schneider Family Book Award. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers. Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.
Raising Lumie
Soar
Tell Me
Almost Home
Peeled
Best Foot Forward
Stand Tall
Hope Was Here
Rules of the Road
Squashed
Sticks
Thwonk
Backwater

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Raising Lumie
Soar
Tell Me
Almost Home
Peeled
Best Foot Forward
Stand Tall
Hope Was Here
Rules of the Road
Squashed
Sticks
Thwonk
Backwater

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