Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
At fifteen, Tamara has survived the foster-care system through brains, will and attitude. Now there's high school to get through, along with her teacher's latest community project — volunteering at the local seniors' home. Tamara doubts she can endure either the residents or the smells.

Then she's assigned to Jean Barclay, a cranky, wealthy and frail former schoolteacher. As the two size one another up, they realize each is the key to achieving their own very different goals. Miss Barclay wants to attend an opera in Seattle — a trip doctors insist she's too weak to undertake. Tamara wants to enroll in modeling school in Vancouver — an expense she can't begin to afford. They plan the road trip of a lifetime — but can these two bossy, manipulative women keep from throttling each other before their goals are realized?

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Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen
At fifteen, Tamara has survived the foster-care system through brains, will and attitude. Now there's high school to get through, along with her teacher's latest community project — volunteering at the local seniors' home. Tamara doubts she can endure either the residents or the smells.

Then she's assigned to Jean Barclay, a cranky, wealthy and frail former schoolteacher. As the two size one another up, they realize each is the key to achieving their own very different goals. Miss Barclay wants to attend an opera in Seattle — a trip doctors insist she's too weak to undertake. Tamara wants to enroll in modeling school in Vancouver — an expense she can't begin to afford. They plan the road trip of a lifetime — but can these two bossy, manipulative women keep from throttling each other before their goals are realized?

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Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen

Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen

by Glen Huser
Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen

Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen

by Glen Huser

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Overview

At fifteen, Tamara has survived the foster-care system through brains, will and attitude. Now there's high school to get through, along with her teacher's latest community project — volunteering at the local seniors' home. Tamara doubts she can endure either the residents or the smells.

Then she's assigned to Jean Barclay, a cranky, wealthy and frail former schoolteacher. As the two size one another up, they realize each is the key to achieving their own very different goals. Miss Barclay wants to attend an opera in Seattle — a trip doctors insist she's too weak to undertake. Tamara wants to enroll in modeling school in Vancouver — an expense she can't begin to afford. They plan the road trip of a lifetime — but can these two bossy, manipulative women keep from throttling each other before their goals are realized?


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780888997333
Publisher: Groundwood Books
Publication date: 07/31/2006
Edition description: First Trade Paper Edition
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.06(w) x 7.00(h) x 1.27(d)
Lexile: 730L (what's this?)
Age Range: 12 - 15 Years

About the Author

Glen Huser’s award-winning novels include Stitches (winner of the Governor General’s Award), Skinnybones and the Wrinkle Queen (nominated for the Governor General’s Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Award and the Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize) and Touch of the Clown (shortlisted for the Mr. Christie’s Book Award).

Visit Glen Huser's website:
http://glenhuser.com/
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