Madeline Gladstone, the crusty president of the company, chooses Jenna as her driver on a business trip to visit other Gladstone's stores, Jenna goes reluctantly-with trepidation at driving the huge Cadillac, and at the prospect of leaving her alcoholic father behind. Her sister Faith got all the looks in the family, but boy, can Jenna sell shoes! She's supremely happy at her after-school job at Gladstone's, where the big white sign over the door says "We're Not Just Selling Shoes, We're Selling Quality." When elderly Mrs. Jenna Boller is too tall for a sophomore and she's not much good in school. Critics and young readers rejoiced at her three previous novels- Squashed, Thwonk, and Sticks-and with Rules of the Road, she has written a story that is wise and touching as well as comical. Funny young adult writers are a rare treasure, and Joan Bauer is one of the funniest.
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