Orbiting Jupiter /

Schmidt, Gary D.

Orbiting Jupiter / Gary D. Schmidt. - 183 pages ; 22 cm.

"Jack, 12, tells the gripping story of Joseph, 14, who joins his family as a foster child. Damaged in prison, Joseph wants nothing more than to find his baby daughter, Jupiter, whom he has never seen. When Joseph has begun to believe he'll have a future, he is confronted by demons from his past that force a tragic sacrifice"--

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Friendship--Fiction.
Emotional problems of teenagers--Fiction.
Child abuse--Fiction.
Teenage fathers--Fiction.
Foster home care--Fiction.


Realistic fiction.