Bauer, A. C. E.

No castles here / A.C.E. Bauer. - 1st Yearling ed. - New York : Yearling, c2007. - 270 p. ; 20 cm.

Eleven-year-old Augie Boretski dreams of escaping his run-down Camden, New Jersey, neighborhood, but things start to turn around with help from a Big Brother, a music teacher, and a mysterious bookstore owner, so when his school is in trouble, he pulls the community together to save it.

ISBN: 9780375839221

LCCN: 2006023601

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Determination (Personality trait)--Fiction.
City and town life--New Jersey--Camden--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Choirs (Music)--Fiction.
Magic--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Camden (N.J.)--Fiction.