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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2002-01-04

Gracie's Girl

Gracie's Girl

Ellen Wittlinger, Author

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9780689849602

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As she starts middle school, Bess volunteers to work on the school musical in hopes of fitting in. But when she volunteers with her mother at a homeless shelter and gets to know an elderly homeless woman named Gracie, Bess changes her mind about what is really important.
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Keywords and Themes: Adolescence & Coming of Age • JUV035000 • JUV039020 • JUV039070 • JUV039220 • Juvenile Fiction • Poverty & Homelessness • School & Education • Social Themes • Values & Virtues

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 186

Subjects • Homeless persons • Shelters for homeless persons • Schools • Family • Identity (Psychology) • Family life • Identity

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Adolescence & Coming of Age • Juvenile Fiction | School & Education • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Poverty & Homelessness • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Values & Virtues

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT -- OR WHO -- WILL TOUCH YOUR HEART.
Now that Bess Cunningham is in middle school, she's determined to get noticed. With her new glasses, her wild thrift-store clothes, and her job as stage manager for the school play, she's sure her days of being invisible are over.
Being forced to volunteer with her parents at the local soup kitchen doesn't exactly fit into Bess's popularity plans, especially since she finds the place so creepy. But when she meets Gracie Jarvis Battle, an elderly homeless woman, Bess can't help but feel compassion for her. Bess grows more involved with trying to feed and shelter the older woman, but as the weather turns colder and Gracie grows thinner, Bess begins to wonder -- will her help be enough?
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