Rules of the Road
by Joan Bauer
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Author: Joan BauerEdition: Hardcover
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 1998-05-04
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 208
Publisher: Putnam 1998, First Edition
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Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great book for ages 12+ and up.Joan Bauer has mad another great book. I could relate to it a lot from the family being divorced to not knowing much about the rules of the road. It takes place in, Chicago, Illinois during the hot summer. Jenna Boller is the best employee at her branch of Gladstone's Shoes-she can sell anybody anything. she is sixteen-years-old and has had her driver's license for six months. But her family problems are harder to handle, especially her drunk dad, and there are times when Jenna wishes she could just get out of town and take a break. Her dad is a drunk and embarrases at her job. So when Madeline Gladstone, the elderly president of Gladstone's Shoe Stores, hire Jennna as her driver for the summer to take her from Chicago, to Dallas Jenna leaps at the chance-right in the driver's seat. And that begins a cross-country adventure. They learn a lot about the rules of the road... and the rules of life. Jenna is having a nice time driving Mrs.Gladstone around and spending nights at the hottest hotels and most expensive places to eat. Mrs.Gladstone's son is wanting to take over the business because he says that his mother needs to slow down and enjoy the rest of her life. The only problem is that her son,Elden and her aren't very close with relationship and so they don't talk a lot. Elden only cares about the money, not the customers. He will try to sell you anything no matter the price or how it feels on your feet. Later, in a couple of weeks they are going to have a meeting where people will vote and decide who should still be president over Gladstone's Shoes. Jenna meets Henry Bender, the best shoe-seller in Texas. Jenna only knows him for about a week and it's like he becomes her own father. She never really had a dad who took care of her since he was drunk all the time. She mostly took care of him. Then some disturbing news happen, Mr.Bender was killed in a car accident hit head-on by a drunk driver. Jenna's heart is crushed. The real conflict of the story is that right before the meeting that determines who is the president, Elden captures Jenna and gets a plane ticket back home. He takes her to a taxi cab and leaves to the meeting. She tells the taxi to turn around and go back to the meeting, she sneaks in and stops everything. She gives a speech and lets everyone know that Elden is just looking for money instead of quality. Everyone votes for Mrs.Gladstone to stay the president! As Jenna and Mrs.Gladstone arrive home Jenna thinks to herself, all this time she has bent over backwards for her dad and was scared to hurt his feelings for not wanting to see him since he is drunk all the time. Then she realizes that it doesn't matter what her dad wants, she has been their when he wasnt' and she hasn't gotten anything for it. She understands now. She wondered why her dad had to be a acoholic. Now she knew, it was to make her stronger, different and most importantly it showed her how to say no in the darkness. This was a powerful yet hilarious book. I will most likely read it again and never forget it!
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