books such as Squashed. This book starts out at a shoe store in Chicago.

Where there is a teen girl quickly going from customer to customer trying to

give them nothing but excellence service and that is what she is doing. Her

name is Jenna Boller and she is sixteen years old. She has one sister by the

name of Faith. Her parents are split up and she lives with her mother. This

is because her mother kicks her father out of her house because he is

always coming home drunk, he's an alcoholic who wont admit it. They have

tried to send him to AA meetings, but he wouldn't go because he said they

were only for losers. As you will see if you decide to read this book he will

cause a great deal of problems for Jenna. That is where the first problem

While at work one day her store gets a surprised visit from the owner

of the shoe store. The name of the shoe store is Gladstone Shoes, and Mrs.

Gladstone own a chain of them that go all through out the country. Just as

she arrived so did Jenna's father, drunk.

"Jenna girl" he stuttered into the store, through the door.

Jenna quickly left what she was doing took him away from the

he was sober. As soon as they start talking they fight about his problem but

She is a strong hearted women whose father was a preacher. She serves a

resolved this by giving Jenna fifty shares of the stock. Then Jenna at one of

old, she lives with her mother and sister. As the story goes on you can see

quick pick-me-up, because this book shows how one person over came their

The theme of this story is growth, not physically but mentally.

about growing up and becoming an adult. As they were going from place to

The main character of this story is Jenna Boller, who is six teen years

I would recommend this book more to the females of my class then to

problem, and it will encourage you to over come yours.

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