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Schmidt, Gary D.
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Schmidt, Gary D.
Teenage fathers -- Fiction
Foster home care -- Fiction
Emotional problems -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
Child abuse -- Fiction
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Orbiting
Jupiter
/ Gary D. Schmidt.
by
Schmidt, Gary D.
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.
Call #:
FICTION SCH
Subjects
Teenage fathers -- Fiction
Foster home care -- Fiction
Emotional problems -- Fiction
Friendship -- Fiction
Child abuse -- Fiction
ISBN:
9780544462229 (hc.)
Description:
183 p. ; 22 cm.
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.
"(...) story of Joseph, a father at thirteen, who has never seen his daughter,
Jupiter
. After spending time in a juvenile facility, he’s placed with a foster family on a farm in rural Maine. Here Joseph, damaged and withdrawn, meets twelve-year-old Jack, who narrates the account of the troubled, passionate teen who wants to find his baby at any cost. In this riveting novel, two boys discover the true meaning of family and the sacrifices it requires."--From publisher.
Audience:
Ages: 10-14. Kirkus Reviews.
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