Drive

by Diana Wieler

Overview

In a shiny new pickup packed with camping equipment and guitars, and with a $5,000 debt hanging over their heads, Jens and his musician brother, Daniel, take off on an unusual kind of road trip. Little do they know that they are embarking on the longest weekend of their lives -- a weekend in which far more than money is at stake.

A gritty and unforgettable portrait of two young men who are at once ordinary and intensely complicated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781554980673
Publisher:	Groundwood Books Ltd
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	12 - 13 Years

About the Author

Diana Wieler is the winner of the Governor General's Award, the Mr. Christie's Book Award, the Canadian Library Association's Young Adult Canadian Book Award and the Ruth Schwartz Award. Her most recent book, Drive, won the McNally Robinson Award. She lives in Winnipeg.

Editorial Reviews

Gr 9 Up-Jens Friesen, an 18-year-old high school dropout who has just lost his job as a car salesman, returns home to help his younger brother. Daniel, 16, is a talented blues guitarist who owes his agent $5,000, and the agent is demanding payment. The boys tell their parents they are going camping and spend a long, tumultuous weekend on the road trying to earn the money. They spend one night with Daniel's 22-year-old girlfriend, experience a sudden blizzard, and have a couple of successful impromptu gigs. In the course of their travels, the brothers reconcile some long-standing conflicts they have had with one another and with their parents and do some much-needed growing up. Though not overly explicit, there are several references to sexual activity, masturbation, and alcohol abuse. The development of the brothers' relationship is somewhat shallow, but the action moves quickly and readers' interest will be held by the boys' adventures. The blues guitar subject matter will also be a hook for some young adults.-William C. Schadt, Glacier Park Middle School, Maple Valley, WA

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