5th&up 
 This is an absolutely lovely book! 
 Bauer immediately drew me into the story with her opening scene- with her mom's nasty ex-boyfriend right behind them, Foster and her mother are driving anywhere as fast as they can with their lives in garbage bags and their fingers crossed that Huck doesn't catch up. 
 Foster is funny and endearing and the little town that she and her mom wind up in has a charming personality all its own. 
 Highly recommended.