"Adventures, humor, and first-rate screw-ups make for lively, folksy storytelling laced with poignancy and wisdom—readers will enjoy being along for the ride. (Fiction. 12+)"
When Norman Tuttle's father asks, "Rough road, isn't it Norm?," he means the road he and Norman are driving along.
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"Still, with the thrilling finish and singular setting, this is a promising effort. (Fiction. 11-13)"
PLB 0-679-99030-5 Bodett (for adults, The Free Fall of Webster Cummings, 1996, etc.) tacks toward a younger audience with this tale of two siblings who prove they're not ready to be on their own.
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"So the only reason to read him is his people, who break your heart. (Author tour)"
Bodett, of Motel 6 commercial and NPR fame, author of collections of homespun vignettes such as The End of the Road (1989), offers a flawed but often moving first novel.
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