Peeled

Name: Peeled
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Joan Bauer
ISBN: 9780739367902

Author: Joan Bauer

Narrator: Kathe Mazur

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Listening Library

Published: 05/13/2008

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Careers, Occupations, Internships, Mystery & Detective, Humorous

Synopsis

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 very easy interview!

This ghost has the town in a tizzy, and the local paper is playing up people’s fears with shocking headlines of eerie happenings and ghostly sightings. Hildy’s determined to discover what’s really going on, but her desire to uncover the truth is making some people awfully nervous.

Does the truth have a chance of being heard over all the buzz?

Newbery Honor winner Joan Bauer brings her trademark sense of humor, witty dialogue and cast of quirky characters–featuring a strong, feisty heroine–to this funny, thought-provoking mystery.

About The Author

Joan Bauer is the author of numerous books for young readers. She received a Newbery Honor Medal for Hope Was Here, and the L.A. Times Book Prize for Rules of the Road. The Christopher Award was given to both Hope was Here and Close to Famous, which also received the Schneider Family Book Award. Joan is the recipient of numerous state awards voted by readers.Bauer lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her at www.joanbauer.com.Käthe Mazur (pronounced “kay-ta”) has been heard on many BOT titles, including Vanished Smile by R. A. Scotti, Hillary Clinton’s Living History, Ann Coulter’s Slander and Treason, and Sarah Dunant’s The Birth of Venus. She also continues to work extensively in film, television, and theater.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Thomas

Ugh. I hate it when an author writes an amazing book, and then writes a so-so one. Bauer's Newbery Honor work Hope was Here showed her expertise in making a lame premise interesting. In Peeled, the lame premise remained... lame. The story is about Hildy Biddle, a high school reporter who is always se......more

Goodreads review by Brooke

A story of intrepid high school reporters going against their hometown's yellow rag of a newspaper? A haunted house? A murder mystery? An absolutely adorable apple valley? What's not to love here? This story is the kind of thing I fantasied about when I wrote for my high school paper: an actual stor......more

Goodreads review by Kit

OK, I pretty much know what I'm getting when I get a Joan Bauer novel, and that's fine with me, because the package includes a smart, gutsy teen protagonist (almost always female) with: - loyal, quirky friends and family - an ability to wax poetic on her favorite job or hobby, whether it's photography......more

Goodreads review by Grace

Cute! I love Joan Bauer so much. I read her first book, Rules of the Road, when I was nine and ever since then, every new book by her that I see I have to read! Joan is unique as an author because her characters are all girls from hard background who have one special talent that carries them through......more

Quotes

A-peeling all around! School Library Journal

Sharp pacing and an intriguing premise....She stocks her work with strong, sage women, the elements for a budding romance and plenty of funny moments. ùPublishers Weekly, starred review