num_pages: 192
description: When Gordy Smith and his down-and-out family go to live with his rich grandmother, Gordy brings with him all the hostilities of an abused child whose drunken father has beaten him regularly. His no-nonsense grandmother and his friendship with a boy who uses a wheelchair change his perspective and life. The author, Mary Downing Hahn is a former children''s librarian.
language: English
title: Following My Own Footsteps
titlecomplete: Following My Own Footsteps (Gordy Smith, #2)
characters: Gordy Smith, William Sullivan, Donald Smith, June Smith
genres: Middle Grade, Historical, Young Adult, Childrens, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Juvenile, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 340
series: Gordy Smith
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Camelot