Author

Publication

2005 - Greenwillow Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

68,500 words, Guess

Page Count

274 pages

Identifiers

and 6 more
  • ISBN-139780060736743
  • Goodreads1293917', '907035
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004042467
  • Better World Books9780060736729
  • Better World Books9780060736743
  • Open LibraryOL3302424M

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.D927 Car 2005
  • LCCPZ7.D927Car 2005

Description

When Duff's Ford Escort breaks down after barely a hundred miles, he uses his laptop and some quick thinking to piece together a way to continue his trip. What he doesn't plan on are the characters he meets along the road, including a hitchhiker with a secret, an aspiring singer with a con artist for a mother, a couple of thugs, and a carsick terrier.

First Sentence

He was ready.

Description

Early one August morning, seventeen-year-old computer "nerd" Duff Pringle leaves Richmond, Virginia, in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction

Other Editions

  • Car trouble: a novelGreenwillow Books2005-01-01
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