Jill Alexander
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In a small East Texas town largely ruled by prejudices and bullies, fourteen-year-old Austin sets out to win a ride in the next parade and, in the process, grows in her understanding of friendship and helps her widowed mother through her mourning.
Author
Language
English
Description
Drawing on her roots and a rich tradition of Southern literature, Jill Alexander presents her debut novel, The Sweetheart of Prosper County. Austin Gray is almost 15 and she's tired of not being noticed. So she hatches a plan to become Prosper County's Sweetheart in order to ride through town during the annual parade waving and smiling to everyone. To make her dream come true, however, she'll have to join the Future Farmers of America. But what's...