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Just Juice

by Karen Hesse · 1998

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Letters and numbers still don't make sense to Juice Faulstich. She'd rather skip school and spend the day at home in the North Carolina hills, anyway. But when the bank threatens to repossess her family's home, Juice faces her first life-sized problem.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisdiversitydiversityMore like thisLess of thissocial issuessocial issuesMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 144 pages

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