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Jake

When ten-year-old Jake's widowed mother breaks her leg just before Christmas while her sister and best friend are both away, a grandfather Jake barely remembers must come to Baltimore, Maryland, to help a neighbor take care of him.

Main Author: Couloumbis, Audrey.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, c2010.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Grandfathers > Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors > Juvenile fiction.
Accidents > Juvenile fiction.
Single-parent families > Juvenile fiction.
Baltimore (Md.) > Juvenile fiction.
Medical fiction > Juvenile.
Christmas fiction > Juvenile.
Summary: When ten-year-old Jake's widowed mother breaks her leg just before Christmas while her sister and best friend are both away, a grandfather Jake barely remembers must come to Baltimore, Maryland, to help a neighbor take care of him.
Physical Description: 162 p. ; 20 cm.
Audience: 008-012.
ISBN: 9780375856303 (hardcover)
0375856307 (hardcover)
9780375956300 (hardcover lib. bdg)
0375956301 (hardcover lib. bdg)
9780375856310 (pbk)
0375856315 (pbk)
9780375893216 (ebook)
0375893210 (ebook)
Author Notes: Audrey Couloumbis's first book for children, Getting Near to Baby , won the Newbery Honor in 2000. Audrey is also the author of several other highly acclaimed books for young readers, including The Misadventures of Maude March (which was named a Book Sense 76 Pick, a New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing Selection, and a National Parenting Publications Gold Award Winner), Love Me Tender (a Book Sense Summer 2008 Pick) and War Games, which she coauthored with her husband, Akila Couloumbis (a Junior Library Guild Selection). Audrey lives in upstate New York and Florida with her dog, Phoebe, and Phoebe's two pet parakeets, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum.

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