And via vivid characterizations, crisp, believable dialogue and some exciting scenarios, Bauer keeps her fans hooked for an entertaining ride. The teen's efforts to put her best foot forward pay off in ways she couldn't imagine. OverDrive Read 2 Kindle Book 2 Adobe EPUB eBook 2 OverDrive MP3 Audiobook 1 OverDrive Listen 1. But in Bauer's sure hand, Jenna's compassion and burgeoning confidence bubble up when she needs them most and slowly harden into a solid, likeable core. That leaves little time for having fun or for exploring a budding romance with Charlie from the local doughnut shop. Gladstone's insistence) a new hire who once shoplifted shoes from the store. Gladstone's recent merger with a larger company is fraught with problems and Jenna finds herself helping to untangle an unpleasant web of corporate corruption. Bauer takes Jenna emotionally deeper here, as the heroine struggles in her home life-she is trying to accept her now-absent alcoholic father and be supportive of her mother and younger sister-and these challenges are always on her mind, even as things get especially chaotic at work. The road to a job well done is littered with detours, however. , readers accompany Jenna on a personal and professional journey that leaves her standing taller than ever in her Rolling Walkers. In this fittingly kicky companion to Rules of the Road But that doesn?t stop Madeline Gladstone, the president of Gladstone's Shoes 176 outlets in 37 states, from hiring Jenna to drive her cross country in a last ditch effort to stop Elden Gladstone from taking over his mother's company and turning a quality business into a shop-and-schlock empire.Lots of teenage girls go crazy for shoes, but 16-year-old Jenna Boller is gaga for the shoe business-especially as it's run by her employer and role model Madeline Gladstone, matriarch of Gladstone Shoes. Standing a gawky 5'11'' at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd?for all the wrong reasons. Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone's Shoe Store in Chicago. Her storiestold with hope, humor, and relevancyhave won numerous awards, among them The LA Times Book Prize, The Newbery Honor Award, The Chicago Tribune Literary Book Prize, three Christopher Awards, and the Golden Kite Award.

Jenna Boller is the confident, smart, & moral heroine of this novel that deals with the effects of alcoholism on a family & a girl's growing friendship with a wealthy, elderly woman. Joan Bauer is a NY Times Best-selling author, screenwriter, songwriter, and speaker.

Sixteen-year-old Jenna gets a job driving the elderly owner of a chain of successful shoe stores from Chicago to Texas to confront the son who is trying to force her to retire, and along the way Jenna hones her talents as a saleswoman and finds the strength to face her alcoholic father.

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