WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE • From the award-winning author of Hope Was Here comes a heartwarming journey of a young girl striving for a brighter future.
“Jubilant, strong, and funny, this is a road trip to remember.”—The Bulletin, starred review
The trip of a lifetime . . .
Jenna Boller can sell anybody anything. She’s the best employee at her branch of Gladstone’s Shoes. But her family problems are harder to handle, and there are times when Jenna wishes she could just take a break. So when Madeline Gladstone, the elderly president of Gladstone Shoe Stores, hires Jenna as her chauffeur for the summer, Jenna leaps right into the driver’s seat. And that begins a cross-country adventure where she and Mrs. Gladstone learn a lot about the rules of the road . . . and the rules of life.
Joan Bauer's first novel,
Squashed, won the Delacorte Prize for a First Young Adult Novel. Five novels for young adult readers have followed:
Thwonk, Sticks, Rules of the Road (LA Times Book Prize and Golden Kite
), Backwater and Hope was Here (Newbery Honor Medal). Joan lives in Darien, CT with her husband and daughter.
