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Freaky Fast Frankie Joe

Twelve-year-old Frankie Joe Huckaby, forced to live with the father he never knew, a stepmother, and four half-brothers in Illinois, starts a delivery service to finance his escape back to his mother in Texas, not realizing he is making a better life for himself than he ever had with her.

Main Author: Clifton, Lutricia.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Holiday House, c2012.
Edition: 1st ed.
Subjects:
Stepfamilies > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Illinois > Juvenile fiction.
Delivery of goods > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Community life > Illinois > Juvenile fiction.
Illinois > Juvenile fiction.
Summary: Twelve-year-old Frankie Joe Huckaby, forced to live with the father he never knew, a stepmother, and four half-brothers in Illinois, starts a delivery service to finance his escape back to his mother in Texas, not realizing he is making a better life for himself than he ever had with her.
Physical Description: 248 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 9780823423675 (hbk.)
0823423670 (hbk.)
Author Notes: Lutricia Clifton was born in Oklahoma but moved frequently when she was growing up. She married and raised two sons in Colorado, where she earned a BA and an MA in English from Colorado State University. She now lives in northern Illinois, the setting of this, her first, book.

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