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The Car (novel)

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The Car
The Car first edition cover.
AuthorGary Paulsen
Cover artistLoudvik Akopyan
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult fiction
PublisherHarcourt Children's Books
Publication date
March 30, 1994
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages192 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-15-292878-0
OCLC29522845
LC ClassPZ7.P2843 Car 1994

The Car is a 1993 novel by Gary Paulsen.[1][2]

Plot summary

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Terry Anders is a fourteen-year-old boy living in Cleveland, Ohio whose parents didn't pay much attention to him. When both of his parents run away after an argument with each other (unknowingly abandoning him as each assumed that the other was staying), he assembles his father's old Blakely Bearcat kit car. He decides to go on a cross-country adventure to find an uncle that he vaguely remembers. Along the way, he befriends two Vietnam veterans, Waylon Jackson and Wayne, with whom he enjoys life on the open road. This book is about their adventure together as they travel across the country.

References

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  1. ^ "THE CAR | Kirkus Reviews". 1 April 1994.
  2. ^ "The Car by Gary Paulsen". www.publishersweekly.com. 28 February 1994. Retrieved 2023-05-27.