Squashed - Softcover

Bauer, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0440219124 ISBN 13: 9780440219125

Publisher: Laurel Leaf, 1994

Synopsis

Imagining the perfect life she could lead by losing twenty pounds and getting her pumpkin, whom she calls Max, to grow to prize-winning proportions, Ellie Morgan is frustrated by bad weather and the Sweet Corn Coquette contestants. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Joan Baueris the author of thirteen books for young readers.Joan'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 TimesBook Prize and Golden Kite), "Backwater"and"Hope was Here"(Newbery Honor Medal).""The Christopher Award was given to both"Hope was Here"and"Close to Famous, "whichalso""received the Schneider Family Book Award. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers.
"School Library Journal"says, When it comes to creating strong, independent, and funnycharacters, Bauer is in a class by herself.
Joan Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York.Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.

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From the Inside Flap:

ulture and young love all come together in Joan Bauer's first novel, set in rural Iowa. Sixteen-year-old  Ellie Morgan's life would be almost perfect if she could just get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin to put on about 200 more pounds--and if she could take off 20 herself...in hopes of attracting Wes, the new boy in town.
Ninth Annual Delacorte Press Prize for an Outstanding First Young Adult Novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurel Leaf
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0440219124
• ISBN 13: 9780440219125
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 208