Rules of the roadSixteen-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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User Review - bridgetrwilson - LibraryThingAnother great book by Bauer! Jenna, like all her other protagonists, has such an engaging voice that you can't put the book down. I read this book & its companion Best Foot Forward in about 3 hours. Read full review
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User Review - JoeYee - LibraryThingIt was okay, can't say I like it. Bought it for high school summer reading, finally got to read it after all those years. Read full review
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| Title | Rules of the road |
| Author | Joan Bauer |
| Edition | braille |
| Publisher | Scholastic, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0439137373, 9780439137379 |
| Length | 201 pages |
| Subjects | Alcoholism Automobile driving Old age Stores, Retail Texas |
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