Until some unexpected events shake the town and its inhabitantsand put. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Everyone has a dream, but nobody is even close to famous in the little town of Culpepper. Readers who want contemporary fiction with a happy ending will find it here. Bauer gently and effortlessly incorporates race (Foster’s mother is black her father was white), religion, social justice, and class issues into a guaranteed feel-good story that dodges sentimentality with humor. Joan Bauers latest novel, Close to Famous, is a beautiful story about a young girl who never learned to read, but had aspirations so big no one could hold her down. She received a Newbery Honor Medal for Hope Was Here, and the L.A. Foster finally learns to read from a reclusive, retired movie star markets her baked goods at Angry Wayne’s Bar and Grill helps tiny but determined Macon with his documentary and encourages her mother to become a headliner rather than a backup singer, all the while perfecting her baking technique for the time when she gets her own cooking show like her TV idol, Sonny Kroll. Joan Bauer is the author of many books for young readers. When she and her singer mother relocate to a tiny, rural West Virginia town, they discover a friendly and welcoming population of delightfully quirky characters. Foster has a severe learning disability, a pillowcase full of mementos of her dead father, and a real gift for baking. Joan Bauer (is the author of numerous books for young readers.

Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother leave Memphis in the middle of the night, fleeing the mother’s abusive boyfriend. She’s known for her paintings of skulls, flowers, and deserts.

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