Stand Tall

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.

Author: Joan Bauer
Publisher: Speak
Published: 08/16/2005
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780142404270
ISBN10: 0142404276
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)

About the Author
Joan Bauer is 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 Times Book 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, which also 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 funny characters, Bauer is in a class by herself."

Joan Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.