The heroine in this book, jenna boller, is a downtoearth, selfconsciously tall 16yearold teenager who is more mature than her years. Audio book of the international regulations for preventing collisions at sea, more commonly known as colregs or rules of the road. Rules of the road is a young adult contemporary novel by joan bauer. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. As a teacher, i am thrilled that a book focusing on the inner strengths of a 16yearold girl was included. Peeled, thwonk, stand tall, sticks, squashed, rules of the road, hope was here, and backwater. Goodhearted jenna boller overcomes numerous obstacles to achieve her dream of becoming the worlds best shoe salesperson its not easy being the tallest girl in the whole school and living with an alcoholic father at home, but at least. Exposition jenna lives with her mom and her sister, faith, in chicago, illinois.
Rules of the road trivia quiz bauer, joan funtrivia. Sure, there are myriads of books addressing heroines but this book is different. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Sixteenyearold jenna boller is a shoe professional. She has also twice received the christopher award, as well as the schneider family book award and the golden kite award. Standing a gawky 511 at 16 years old, jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowd for all the wrong reasons.
Joan bauer illuminates the twists and turns of a crosscountry journey that starts in a. A conflict in the beginning of the book was that jenna had never driven a cadillac before and was. Joan baehler bauer born july 12, 1951 is an american writer of young adult literature currently residing in brooklyn. Her father is rarely sober and is an alcohol addict. Help students keep track of their reading with bookmarks to accompany the works of joan bauer. Sixteenyearold 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. The author of rules of the road had a message or a theme staement that they were trying to get across. Rules of the road, joan bauer indiana state library. Rules of the road by joan bauer overdrive rakuten overdrive. To be a 16 year old, she took her job very seriously. Meet jenna boller, star employee at gladstone shoe store in chic. First published in 1998 and the first book in the rules of the road series, the book follows a young girl on a road trip with her employer who teaches her about life, love, and relationships.
Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. Before becoming a famous author joan spent years working for mcgrawhill and the chicago tribune. Jenna, like all her other protagonists, has such an engaging voice that you cant put the book down. Tough times make you stronger, and as the events in this book grew and grew jenna found the courage to stop her drunk dad from driving. Marong meghan rules of the road booktrailer youtube. She currently resides in brooklyn, new york with her husband evan bauer. Rules of the road questions and answers discover the community of teachers, mentors and students just like you that can answer any question you might have on. Joan bauer is the author of numerous books for young readers including soar. Jenna boiler is supremely happy selling shoes after school at gladstones shoe store in chicago, illinois. Sign me up to get more news about young adult books. A highschool student with a passion for selling shoes may be a hard sell to teenagers, but bauer sticks, 1996, etc. This quiz is to test your knowledge of the brilliantly written book called rules of the road by joan bauer.
Bauers novel about an earnest teenager who chauffeurs a crabby, wealthy woman has the underpinnings of a quirky driving miss daisy, but the story quickly. Rules of the road 1 joan bauer is available in our digital library an online access to it is set as public so you can get it instantly. The christopher award was given to both hope was here andclose to famous, which also received the schneider family book award. This is why i chose this theme for the book, rules of the road. Educators guide to the books of joan bauer literature. These are all actions that lead me to believe the life message that i thought joan bauer was trying to get across in her novel rules of. Rules of the road series, book 1 rules of the road. Click to read more about rules of the road by joan bauer. Between the endless stacks of remarkably similar fantasy novels, cheesy romances. What is the theme of joan bauers rules of the road answers. Through him and others, jenna learns much more than the rules of the road never eat at a place called moms, because its a safe bet moms been dead for years and business acumen. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library.
Hope was here, which won a newbery honor medal and the christopher award. She stopped his car while in it with him, and did not get frustrated or angry, because that only brings others danger. She received a newberyhonor medal for hope was here, and the l. This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. Rules of the road rules of the road series, book 1. Bauer addresses several themes in rules of the road. Rules of the road by joan bauer overview when madeline gladstone, the elderly president of gladstone shoe stores, hires jenna as her driver for the summer, jenna jumps right into the. President and owner of shoe stores from chicago to texas, the elderly mrs. The item rules of the road, joan bauer represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in indiana state library. Joan bauer is the author of thirteen books for young readers. Review of rules of the road by joan bauer rhapsody in.
Gladstone appoints jenna, who works in one of the stores, her personal driver. Rules of the road,a story about 16 year old, 511 jenna boller who worked at gladstones shoe store. This detailed literature summary also contains related titles on rules of the road by joan bauer. Her first novel,squashed, received the ninth annual delacorte press prize for an outstanding first young adult novel. Its an unlikely heros journey, and bauers dry humor assures. Joan bauer has won multiple awards for her young adult fiction. This amazing woman has also won the golden kite award for fiction. Jennas alcoholic father hovers in the background, more plot manipulation than fully realized character, but his presence throws jennas new maturity into relief. Our books collection hosts in multiple countries, allowing you to get the most less latency time to download any of our books like this one. The christopher award was given to both hope was here and close to famous, which also received the schneider family book award.
Meet jenna boller, star employee at gladstones shoe store in chicago. Sixteenyearold ellie morgan, like jenna in rules of the road, is less than happy with her physical appearance but uses her sense of humor to get her through. Certain to provoke controversy and difficult to see as a book for. Booktrailer for rules of the road by joan bauer for the library information science program at university at buffalo for the class lis 535. She has had to help raise her younger sister since her nowsingle mother works the night shift as a nurse to support the.
Full of fabulous and somewhat flamboyant characters, witty dialogue. Intrepid teenage shoe salesperson, jenna boller, needs to get out of town for the summer because of her alcoholic dad, and gets more than she imagined when shes hired to drive her elderly boss down to texas for a corporate showdown. Rules of the road was included as one of the required texts for our reading and writing festival to be held in the spring. Her parents are divorced, and she has an alcoholic dad. Last year i picked up joan bauers hope was here because the cover looked delicious. Rules of the road is about a high school aged girl who can sell anyone shoes at the shoe store she works at. Joan bauer is the newbery honor author for her book hope was here. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers. The christopher award was given to both hope was here and close to famous, whichalso received the schneider family book award. To jump to any specific rule, click on the timelink below.