Big Rig

Big Rig
Louise Hawes
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Hardback
h203 x 152mm - 272pg
9 Aug 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781682632529
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Hitch a ride with 11-year-old Hazmat and her dad in their 18-wheeler, Leonardo, for a feel-good road trip across America that keeps on trucking!Life on the road with Daddy is as good as gets for Hazmat. Together, they' ve been taking jobs and crisscrossing the US for years. Now Daddy' s talking about putting down roots-somewhere Hazmat can go to a real school and make friends. Somewhere Daddy doesn' t have to mail-order textbooks about "nature' s promise to all women. " Somewhere Mom' s ashes can rest on a mantle and not on a dashboard. While everything just keeps changing, sometimes in ways she can' t control, Hazmat isn' t ready to give up the freedom of long-distance hauling. Sure the road is filled with surprises, from plane crashes and robo trucks to runaway hitchhikers and abandoned babies, but that all makes for great stories! So Hazmat hatches a plan to make sure Daddy' s dream never becomes a reality. Because there' s only one place Hazmat belongs- in the navigator' s seat, right next to Daddy, with the whole country flying by and each day different from the last. Award-winning author Louise Hawes writes with an easy, conversational voice and an "I' ll never grow up" spirit that cheerfully thumbs its nose at traditional coming-of-age narratives. This heart-tugging, laugh-out-loud portrait of a father and daughter is a satisfying journey across modern America you won' t want to miss.
Louise Hawes is an American academic and author of more than a dozen novels and several short story collections. She has served as Writer in Residence at the University of New Mexico and The Women' s University of Mississippi, and also as a John Grisham Visiting Writer at the University of Mississippi. Louise helped found the MFA Program in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College. She currently teaches there. Follow Louise on Twitter @louisehawes and visit on her on the web at www. louisehawes. com.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781682632529
Published: 9 Aug 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Peachtree Publishers
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers,U.S.
Format: Hardback
Height: 203mm
Width: 152mm
Weight: 567g
Pages: 272

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