The car

1st ed.

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Description

Neglected by his parents, fourteen-year-old Terry Anders is used to taking care of things on his own. He even manages to assemble a car kit by himself. When the car is finished, Terry sets off from Cleveland to Portland in search of an uncle he barely remembers. Along the way, he is joined by a wise Vietnam vet who turns his journey into an adventure in learning.

First Sentence

HE WAS ALONE.

Description

A teenager left on his own travels west in a kit car he built himself, and along the way picks up two Vietnam veterans, who take him on an eye-opening journey.

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Other Editions

• the car - 1994 - harper
• The car: 1st ed. - 1995 - Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, New York, New York (State)
• The car: 1st ed. - 1995 - Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, New York, New York (State)
• The Car - 1995-09-01 - Laurel Leaf
• The Car, Mass Market Paperback - 1995-10-01 - Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
• The car. - 1996 - Macmillan Children's, London, England
• THE CAR, Hardcover - 1996-04-12 - MACMILLAN CHILDRENS BOOKS
• The Car, Paperback - 1996-05-29 - Macmillan Children's Books
• The Car - 2006 - Harcourt Paperbacks
• Car - 2015 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company