Status
Available
Call number
Call number
F Dup
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Collection
Publication
Greenwillow Books (2006), Edition: Reprint, 288 pages
Description
Early one August morning, seventeen-year-old computer "nerd" Duff Pringle leaves Richmond, Virginia, in a newly-acquired used car and begins an unexpectedly convoluted journey to San Jose, California, and the job that awaits him there.
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User reviews
LibraryThing member FosterYA
Funny and interesting, good for ages 12-16. Not anything earth-shattering, but pretty good.
LibraryThing member ewyatt
A cross country road trip that has a computer genius interacting with a small time crook and a beautiful singer.
LibraryThing member bookczuk
YA novel that I can see being made into a movie of sorts, though with adults not kids. Computer Geek, sleezy guy, wanna be singer whose mother is a fraud artist and a barfy dog travel west with a couple of thugs after them.
LibraryThing member car2
I liked the chacters.
LibraryThing member tiger417
Car trouble is a very funny book.I would recomend this to someone who likes duprau 's books.My favorite part was when duff broke down.
LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV
A plea to young people to get involved in the quest for alternative energy sources, wrapped in a fun comic adventure. Young people on road trips sure do get into, and out of, interesting jams. This might not be the most realistic book in the 'genre' but as anyone who has ever been young and
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adventurous knows, truth can be even stranger than even this kind of fiction. Large print & margins made this a quick read, would probably appeal to teen reluctant readers. Show Less
LibraryThing member wrightja2000
DNF- Hmmm, I'm only a couple pages into this and having trouble suspending my disbelief. The boy buys a car for ~$700. The only reason he does this is drive from the east coast to California for a job. I happen to know that he could easily buy a one way plane ticket for much, much, much less money.
Oh, I read the next couple of pages and it explains his motivation for driving. Still not convinced though.
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And then if he really needs a car when he gets there, he'd still have plenty of money saved to buy another clunker car to get around with.Oh, I read the next couple of pages and it explains his motivation for driving. Still not convinced though.
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Pages
288