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With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.

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Main Author:	Creech, Sharon
Other Authors:	Raschka, Christopher (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Joanna Cotler Books, 2005, c2003.
Edition:	1st Harper Trophy ed.
Subjects:	Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction. Italian Americans > Juvenile fiction. Best friends > Juvenile fiction. Blind > Juvenile fiction. People with disabilities > Juvenile fiction. Cooking > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	With the help of her wise old grandmother, twelve-year-old Rosie manages to work out some problems in her relationship with her best friend, Bailey, the boy next door.
Item Description:	Reprint. Originally published: 2003.
Physical Description:	141 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	0064409600 : PAP
Author Notes:	Sharon Creech was on born July 29, 1945 in South Euclid, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. She was in college when she took literature and writing courses and became intrigued by story-telling. Later, she was a teacher (high school English and writing) in England and in Switzerland. Her novel Walk Two Moons received in 1995 Newbery Medal; The Wanderer was a 2001 Newbery Honor book and Ruby Holler received the 2002 Carnegie Medal. In 2007, Heartbeat was a finalist in the Junior Division (4th to 6th grades) of the Young Reader's Choice Awards, sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Library Association. She has written over 15 fiction novels for young readers. She is married to Lyle Rigg, who is the headmaster of The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, and have two grown children, Rob and Karin. (Bowker Author Biography)