Orbiting Jupiter
By: Gary D. Schmidt
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780544462229
Subjects: Child abuse; Emotional problems; Teenage fathers; Foster home care; Friendship; Fiction
Description: 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."
Notes: 789Y Childrens Plus, Inc.