Bauer, Joan, 1951-

Close to famous / Joan Bauer. -- - New York : Puffin Books, 2012. - 250 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2011.

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.

"Ages 8 up"--P. [4] of cover.

ISBN: 0142420174 (pbk.) 9780142420171 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Baking--Juvenile fiction.
Cupcakes--Juvenile fiction.
Country life--West Virginia--Juvenile fiction.
Literacy--Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Single mothers--Juvenile fiction.
Abused women--Juvenile fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
West Virginia--Juvenile fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: FIC