Close to famous

By Joan Bauer

Subjects: Singers, Literacy, Single-parent families, Country life, Youth, Diligence, Cupcakes, Fiction, Conduct of life, Cooks, Juvenile fiction, Baking, Success

Description: 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.