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Joan Bauer


Joan Bauer worked as a freelancer for broadcast and television before she started writing children’s books. Her first book was an immediate successful and received several awards. Joan Bauer lives with her husband and her children in Darien, Connecticut.

Joan Bauer arbeitete zunächst als freie Autorin für Rundfunk und Fernsehen, bevor sie mit dem Schreiben von Jugendbüchern begann. Ihr erstes Jugendbuch wurde sofort ein Erfolg und erhielt mehrere Auszeichnungen. „Amor, Herzkönig und ich“ ist ihr zweites Buch. Joan Bauer lebt mit ihrem Mann und ihrer Tochter in Darien, Connecticut.

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Peeled
Written by Joan Bauer
Read by Kathe Mazur

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Listening Library (Audio) | Juvenile Fiction
978-0-7393-6790-2 (0-7393-6790-0)

May 13, 2008 | $16.50



Something’s rotten in Apple country!

Hildy Biddle is a high school reporter eager to stand up for the truth. She’s just waiting for a chance to prove herself as a journalist, and yearning for a big story. The trouble is, the town’s biggest story stars . . . a ghost. Not a...


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Best Foot Forward
Written by Joan Bauer
Read by Kathe Mazur

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Listening Library (Audio) | Juvenile Fiction
978-0-307-28454-9 (0-307-28454-9)

August 23, 2005 | $25.00



I’m a real ace at arguing with myself. Take a subject like Tanner Cobb.
On the one hand, he stole.
On the other, he helped his little brother read and count.
Then again, he stole shoes in front of his little brother.
But, he brought the shoes back and offered to...



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Hope Was Here
Written by Joan Bauer
Read by Jenna Lamia

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Listening Library (Audio) | Juvenile Fiction
978-0-8072-1699-6 (0-8072-1699-2)

June 24, 2003 | $16.95






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Stand Tall
Written by Joan Bauer
Read by Ron McLarty

Unabridged Audiobook Download | pages | Listening Library (Audio) | Juvenile Fiction
978-0-8072-1675-0 (0-8072-1675-5)

June 24, 2003 | $16.95






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Unterwegs mit Mrs. Gladstone
Written by Joan Bauer

Trade Paperback | 224 pages | New Media German Language | Juvenile Fiction
978-1-4000-3960-9 (1-4000-3960-6)

September 1, 2002 | $22.00



Jenna ist nicht nur gross, sie hat auch grosse Ideen. Und ein einmaliges Talent: Sie ist die geborene Schuhverkaeuferin, womit sie sich neben der Schule ihr Geld verdient. Mit ihren Familienproblemen allerdings kommt sie nicht so gut klar. Manchmal wuerde sie sich am liebsten aus dem Staub machen. Eines Tages bekommt...