Meet Jenna Boller, star employee at Gladstone Shoe Store in Chicago. Standing a gawky 5'11' at 16 years old, Jenna is the kind of girl most likely to stand out in the crowdufor all the wrong reasons. But that doesnAt stop Madeline Gladstone, the president of GladstoneAs Shoes 176 outlets in 37 states, from hiring Jenna to drive her cross country in a last ditch effort to stop Elden Gladstone from taking over his motherAs company and turning a quality business into a shop-and-schlock empire. Now Jenna Boller shoe salesperson is about to become a shoe-store spy as she joins her crusty old employer for an eye-opening adventure that will teach them both the rules of the roaduand the rules of life. Joan Bauer lives in Darien, CT.

Joan Bauer?is the author of thirteen books for young readers. She received a Newbery?Honor Medal for?Hope Was Here,?and the?L.A. Times?Book Prize forRules of the Road.?The Christopher Award was given to both?Hope was Here?andClose to Famous,?which?also?received the Schneider Family Book Award. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers.School Library Journal?says, “When it comes to creating strong, independent, and funny?characters, Bauer is in a class by herself.”??Joan Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York.?Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.