The Ticket - Jeter, Debra Coleman

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Résumé :
Tray Dunaway longs to be part of the popular set at school, but she's growing too fast and her clothes no longer fit. The only person who understands Tray's need for acceptance is her grandmother, but when Tray wears Gram's hand-sewn clothes to school, the kids make fun of her tall, boney appearance. Tray's luck improves when Pee Wee Johnson, a down-and-out friend of her father's, buys two lottery tickets and gives one to Mr. Dunaway as a thank-you for driving him to Hazard, Illinois. When her father's ticket turns out to be the winner, Johnson demands his cut of the proceeds, but Tray's dad refuses. What seems like a stroke of good fortune suddenly becomes a disturbing turn of events as Johnson threatens to cause problems for the family and Tray. Check out the book trailer for The Ticket at vimeo.com/50187275

Biographie:
Debra Coleman Jeter has published both fiction and nonfiction in popular magazines. Her first novel, The Ticket, finaled for a Selah Award and Jerry Jenkins's Operation First Novel. Her nonfiction book, Pshaw, It's Me Grandson: Tales of a Young Actor, was a finalist in the USA Book News Awards. She holds a PhD from Vanderbilt University, and a BS and an MBA from Murray State University. She and her husband live in Tennessee.