false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255810899m/6400654.jpg 6400654 1 <P>Almost-15-year-old Austin Gray is tired of standing at the curb and watching the parade pass her by. Literally. She decides this is the year she’ll ride on the hood of a shiny pickup truck in the annual parade, waving to the crowd and finally showing the town bully that she’s got what it takes to be the Sweetheart of Prosper County. </P><P> </P><P>But far from simply being a beauty contest, becoming Sweetheart involves participation in the Future Farmers of America (FFA), raising an animal, and hunting or fishing. Austin will do almost anything to become Sweetheart, and has the support of her oldest friend, Maribel, her new FFA friends (including the reigning Sweetheart, and a quiet, cute cowboy), an evangelical Elvis impersonator, a mysterious Cajun outcast, and a rooster named Charles Dickens. If only her momma would stop overprotecting her, and start letting Austin live her own life. But Austin can’t move on until Momma moves on, too—and lets the grief of losing Austin’s daddy several years before out into the open.</P><P> </P><P>Here is a bighearted story that will leave readers agreeing with Austin that sometimes, it’s not what you ride, it’s how you roll.</P> 6589374 1 9 2009 The Sweetheart of Prosper County total:41|5:12|4:12|3:13|2:3|1:1| 41 154 126 21 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:45:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 10:45:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 12:11:15 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 16:23:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 06:40:35 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 06:41:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 11:32:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 16:56:38 -0700 2009
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