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Paulsen, Gary.

THE GLASS CAFE, OR, THE STRIPPER AND THE STATE
New York : Wendy Lamb, 2003.
IL 5-8, RL 5.1
ISBN 0385901216
Tony is pretty much just like your average 12 year old.  He's got friends, he does ok in school, he has a crush on a girl.  And he's living with his mother.  It's just the two of them.  His mom is a good mom.  But she has an unusual job.  She's an exotic dancer at the Kit Kat Club.  When the authorities find out that Tony is allowed to go to work with his mother sometimes, they step in to investigate.  Now things really go wrong.  Find out what happens when the State goes after the stripper.
SUBJECTS:     Mothers and sons -- Fiction.
                        Stripteasers -- Fiction.
                        Police -- Fiction.

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