twelve-year-old Jane Peeler Is About To Embark On A Summer Ritual: The Family Car Trip. Along With Her Two Younger Brothers, Bill And Bernie, Jane Will Endure Traffic Jams, Singalongs, And Fights Over Who Gets The Window On A Two-day Car Trip To New England. With Help From Her Walkman, It May Not Be Too Bad, Even If Her Chain-smoking, Grumpy Grandmother Is Coming Along. But During A Stop At A Gas Station, The Kids Meet Marty – A Kind, Penniless Old Man With A Problem. How Will He Get To His Brother’s Funeral In Schenectady The Next Day? Jane Would Like To Help Him Out – But How? Bringing A Friend Along On Holiday Is One Thing, But A Total Stranger?
readers Will Delight In The Hilarious Detours The Peelers Must Make To Get Their Newest Passenger, And Themselves, To Their Destination On Time.
children's Literature
combine Three Siblings, One Father, And One Hard-to-get-along-with Grandmother And You Have The Makings Of This Book. While It Typically Includes Rivalry Between The Brother And Sister, It Reaches Beyond That To Address Current Social Issues. The Main Character Is Jane Peeler, A Pre-teenager Who Must Make A Crucial Choice Between Saving Time And Reaching Her Destination Sooner, Or Helping A Homeless And Hopeless Stranger. She Recalls Lessons That Her Mother Taught Her And Relies Upon Her Own Judgment. In The End She Makes The More Compassionate Choice Which Unexpectedly Helps To Soften Her Grandmother's Brazenness. The Overall Moral? Sometimes You Have To Go With The Flow Of Life, Because It Can't Always Be Planned.
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Geography & Cultures
- Travel
- Geography & Cultures
Publisher : Tundra Books
Author : Scrimger, Richard
Language : English
Edition : Illustrated
Published :1998-10-03
Number Of Pages : 168
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 0887764274
ISBN-13 : 9780887764271
Item weight : 0.79 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 5.13 in x 7.64 in
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