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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... stopped . As for everything else — how to drive in traffic , what all the signs meant , how to handle different road con- ditions , everything would have to be learned as he went . What was it they called it ? He frowned , trying to ...
... stopped . As for everything else — how to drive in traffic , what all the signs meant , how to handle different road con- ditions , everything would have to be learned as he went . What was it they called it ? He frowned , trying to ...
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... stopped and we can't afford to get stopped , right ? ” " Right . " Waylon studied Terry . “ It isn't that you've done anything wrong , is it ? ” Terry shook his head . " I don't think so . I just built the car and found the license ...
... stopped and we can't afford to get stopped , right ? ” " Right . " Waylon studied Terry . “ It isn't that you've done anything wrong , is it ? ” Terry shook his head . " I don't think so . I just built the car and found the license ...
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... stopped for gas he looked at the atlas and saw a park marked Badlands . lon . " What does that mean , ' Badlands " ? " he asked Way- " Rough country — like it says , bad land . " " Worse than this ? " Terry waved at the prairie around ...
... stopped for gas he looked at the atlas and saw a park marked Badlands . lon . " What does that mean , ' Badlands " ? " he asked Way- " Rough country — like it says , bad land . " " Worse than this ? " Terry waved at the prairie around ...
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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