Books like Squashed by Joan Bauer
At sixteen, Ellie Bauer faces two ambitious quests: grow the largest pumpkin in Iowa and lose twenty pounds. As she toils in the fields and tallies her progress, she finds herself drawn closer to her father’s steady support and to a young man who shares her passions and dreams. Together, their shared enthusiasm for the crops and for self‑improvement turns a simple hometown challenge into a lesson about friendship, family, and the power of setting and achieving goals.
First publish date: 1993
Genre: Young Adult Fiction/YA Contemporary Fiction
Authors: Joan Bauer
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