There are two things you can count on in a book by Joan Bauer. One, it will make you laugh. And two, the girl who is telling the story will be really good at something, but not something you'd expect. In Squashed, Ellie wins the Giant Pumpkin Weigh-In. In Rules of the Road, which won the Golden Kite Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Fiction, Jenna Boller is a whiz at selling shoes. In Backwater, Ivy Breedlove resists being good at the family tradition. For many generations the Breedloves have been successful lawyers. Among her loud and argumentative relatives, however, Ivy feels like "a goldfish swimming in a tank stocked with snapping turtles--it's hard to keep a lasting presence." Instead, Ivy is in love with history, especially the family history she is compiling. But a large piece is missing. Many years ago, her father's sister Josephine went away to be a hermit in the mountains, and ever since, the rest of the family has referred to her scornfully as "stuck in the backwater." Ivy, convinced that this "different" aunt holds the secret to her own differentness, sets out in a snowstorm to find Jo, with the help of backslapping, slogan-spouting wilderness guide Mountain Mama. Along the way she meets with a lot more adventure and understanding than she ever anticipated--not to mention snagging an excellent boyfriend. (Ages 12 to 16) --Patty Campbell
Used availability for Joan Bauer's Backwater
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Hardback Editions
August 2008 : Library Binding
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 1-4395-1642-1 / 978-1-4395-1642-3 Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2005 : Hardback
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 0-7569-5779-6 / 978-0-7569-5779-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Perfection Learning Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 2005 : Library Binding
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 1-4176-8743-6 / 978-1-4176-8743-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Books: A Division of Sanval Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2001 : Library Binding
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 0-613-29882-9 / 978-0-613-29882-7 (USA edition) Publisher: Tandem Library Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 0-7569-0134-0 / 978-0-7569-0134-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Perfection Learning Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2000 : Hardback
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer, S. November ISBN: 0-606-20077-0 / 978-0-606-20077-6 (USA edition) Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
May 1999 : Hardback
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 0-399-23141-2 / 978-0-399-23141-4 (USA edition) Publisher: GP Putnam And Sons Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
June 2005 : Paperback
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 0-14-240434-9 / 978-0-14-240434-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Speak Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
October 2000 : Paperback
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 0-698-11865-0 / 978-0-698-11865-2 (USA edition) Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
October 2000 : Turtleback
| Title: Backwater Author(s): Joan Bauer ISBN: 0-606-20346-X / 978-0-606-20346-3 (USA edition) Publisher: Demco Media Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
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