The Car

Name: The Car
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Author: Gary Paulsen
ISBN: 9781455810703

Author: Gary Paulsen

Narrator: Luke Daniels

Unabridged: 4 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 07/20/2012

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Fourteen-year-old Terry has parents who never paid him much attention. So when they both disappear after one of their all-too-frequent arguments, Terry isn’t exactly eager for them to come home. On his own, he occupies himself by assembling a car kit that’s been collecting dust in the garage for years. When the car is finished, Terry is pleased to discover it actually runs. Though he doesn’t know much about driving, he gets behind the wheel and heads west, with the notion of visiting an uncle in Oregon.But Terry’s plan takes a detour when he meets Shakespeare-quoting wanderer Waylon Jackson. The aging Vietnam vet has seen and done extraordinary things, and he is still hungry to learn more. With Waylon as his copilot, Terry ends up in locales as varied as a religious commune, a poker game in Deadwood, and Custer’s Last Stand. It’s an exciting and sometimes dangerous journey. Along the way, he learns a lot about people, about America — and ultimately, about himself.“Besides evoking a type of independence and tough-mindedness that will appeal to teens, this provocative novel introduces and explores some interesting philosophies of life while stressing the value of learning from experience.”
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

About Gary Paulsen

Three-time Newbery-winning author Gary Paulsen, hailed as "one of the best-loved writers alive" by the New York Times, divides his time between his ranch in New Mexico, a sailboat on the Pacific Ocean, and his dog-kennel in Alaska. He's written over 200 books for young people, stories that have been embraced by readers of all ages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Josiah on May 10, 2022

Like many of Gary Paulsen's novels, The Car has much to do with the author sorting out his own life by telling similar stories for young readers, sifting the wheat from the chaff to gain perspective on what it all means. Life is a complicated, sometimes ugly mess to comb through; we can't be sure of......more

Goodreads review by madie on December 18, 2023

3/5⭐️ someone that i really care about recommended this book to me because it is there comfort book and i absolutely love reading other people’s comfort books because i feel like it gives so much insight into who that person is. this definitely isn’t a book that i would have picked up by myself, but......more

Goodreads review by Izaiah on March 11, 2022

It was kind of boring at the beginning and then it got better but at the end it was pretty good.......more

Goodreads review by Keagan on March 05, 2018

I’m reading the book The Car by Gary Paulsen. In my opinion, it is a great book. In the book there is a kid named Terry. Terry’s parents left him. So he found a kit car in his garage and he puts it together. He calls it the Cat and he is on his wayto his uncles he finds someone on the way and picks......more

Goodreads review by Alba on May 16, 2024

I didn't like this book a lot, it was a book that was for one who likes adventure, history, and trukin'. I thought the book had a good plot and story but I wasn't very interested. I found my self getting lost in my reading. I got confused at the memory parts of this book. I did like that you keep mee......more