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Stand Tall

Author Joan Bauer
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Paperback
$11.99 US
Penguin Young Readers | Speak
5.5"W x 8.26"H x 0.53"D  
On sale Aug 16, 2005 | 192 Pages | 9780142404270
Grade 7 & Up
Reading Level: Lexile HL590L | Fountas & Pinnell U
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Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.
© 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. View titles by Joan Bauer
  • WINNER
    ALA Notable Book
  • WINNER
    Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
  • WINNER
    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

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Tree, a six-foot-three-inch twelve-year-old, copes with his parents' recent divorce and his failure as an athlete by helping his grandfather, a Vietnam vet and recent amputee, and Sophie, a new girl at school.

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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. View titles by Joan Bauer

Awards

  • WINNER
    ALA Notable Book
  • WINNER
    Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year
  • WINNER
    New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age

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