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Close to famous / Joan Bauer.

Bauer, Joan, 1951- (author.).

Summary:

Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780670012824
  • ISBN: 0670012823
  • ISBN: 9780142420171
  • ISBN: 0142420174
  • Physical Description: 250 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Viking, 2011.

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
10-14.
5-9.
540L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 3.6 6 143080.
Subject:
Baking > Juvenile fiction.
Cupcakes > Juvenile fiction.
Country life > West Virginia > Juvenile fiction.
Literacy > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Baking > Fiction > Juvenile fiction.
Baking > Fiction.
Cupcakes > Fiction.
Country life > West Virginia > Fiction.
Literacy > Fiction.
Single-parent families > Fiction.
Single parent families.
West Virginia > Juvenile fiction.
West Virginia > Fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 19 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Sneads Ferry Branch Library JUV FIC BAUER (Text) 36015001407200 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Albertson Community Library FIC BAU (Text) 30372102040190 Stacks Available -
Annie Hubbard McEachern Public Library YA BAUER (Text) 34510000854834 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Bogue Banks J F BAU (Text) 34208202549332 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Clemmons Branch J Bauer, Joan (Text) 0112518571008 Juvenile Fiction Available -
East Asheville Library YA/PBK (Text) 0020509321913 Young Adult Fiction Paperback Available -
Elkin Public Library JF BAUER (Text) 80001000917923 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Hampton B. Allen Library YA FIC BAUER (Text) 18198000388191 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Haywood County Main Library J Bauer (Text) 33115007136614 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 06/30/2026
Kinston-Lenoir County Public Library J BAUER (Text) 39149006534929 Juvenile Fiction Available -