The CarHarcourt Brace, 1995 - 180 páginas Fourteen-year-old Terry Anders is a 1990s Huck Finn, with parents as neglectful as "Pap." Like Huck he escapes, not on a raft but by constructing a kit car. He takes his red Blakely Bearcat out to the highway and points it west, intending to leave his home in Cleveland for Oregon, where he hopes to find the uncle he only vaguely remembers. Long before he reaches his destination, Terry meets up with a middle-aged wanderer named Waylon, who introduces him to his old friend, the free-living Wayne. The pair, Vietnam vets, lead the young protagonist on a string of impromptu adventures and eventually become his mentors, introducing him to the history, hypocrisy and beauty of his country |
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Gary Paulsen. He let the clutch out and the car jerked backward once and stalled and died . " Come on , Cat .... " He put it in neutral and started it again , pleased when it kicked right off . Once more the clutch in , the stick to ...
Gary Paulsen. He let the clutch out and the car jerked backward once and stalled and died . " Come on , Cat .... " He put it in neutral and started it again , pleased when it kicked right off . Once more the clutch in , the stick to ...
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... once and it said Kafka in large letters - then relented and got up and went to the re- frigerator and made sandwiches with turkey and lettuce and mayo . Terry and Wayne ate with greasy hands , rip- ping into the car , but Waylon didn't ...
... once and it said Kafka in large letters - then relented and got up and went to the re- frigerator and made sandwiches with turkey and lettuce and mayo . Terry and Wayne ate with greasy hands , rip- ping into the car , but Waylon didn't ...
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... once more , but slowly , and Terry pushed another quarter inch on the acceler- ator , started nosing up on Wayne . " One eighteen , " Waylon said . " Hold it there . " Terry took his eyes off the road for a tenth of a second , saw the ...
... once more , but slowly , and Terry pushed another quarter inch on the acceler- ator , started nosing up on Wayne . " One eighteen , " Waylon said . " Hold it there . " Terry took his eyes off the road for a tenth of a second , saw the ...
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Annie Baby Barbara Hall Beef stroganoff bike bolt carburetor cards caught clutch cowboys Deadwood door drive engine everything eyes father fire Ford Pinto front garage Gary Paulsen guitar guys hair hand Harley highway inside kit car leaned looked at Waylon miles morning motel motor moved never Newbery Honor night opened Pete Seeger Peter plastic plates poker pulled pushed rain road Samuel seat seemed shook his head shrugged side sitting sleep sound started Sterling Moss stood stopped talk Terry asked Terry followed Terry looked Terry nodded Terry stared Terry stopped Terry thought Terry's things toll road took trailer truck voice watch Waylon and Wayne Waylon asked Waylon nodded Waylon shook Waylon smiled Wayne looked Wayne nodded Wayne turned wheel Wild Bill Hickock windshield Yeah