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Orbiting Jupiter

"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that...

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Main Author: Schmidt, Gary D. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2015]
Subjects:
Friendship > Young adult fiction.
Emotional problems > Young adult fiction.
Child abuse > Young adult fiction.
Teenage fathers > Young adult fiction.
Foster home care > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:183 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780544462229 (hardback)
054446222X (hardback)
Author Notes:Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Okay for Now , the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy , and the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars . He lives in Alto, Michigan, and is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids. Visit www.hmhbooks.com/schmidt .

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