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Road Tripped
By (Author) Pete Hautman
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
1st July 2019
United States
Young Adult
Non Fiction
FIC
Hardback
336
Width 140mm, Height 210mm, Spine 30mm
413g
In this captivating story about loss, love, and changing your ways, National Book Awardwinning author Pete Hautman imbues the classic road trip novel with clever wit and heartfelt musings about life and death.
Steven Gerald Gabela.k.a. Stiggyneeds to get out of Minnesota. His father recently took his own life, his mother is a shell of the person she used to be, and his sort-of-girlfriend ghosted him and skipped town. What does he have left to stick around for Armed with his moms credit card and a tourist map of Great River Road, Stiggy sets off in his dads car.
The only problem is, life on his own isnt exactly what he expected and, soon enough, he finds himself at a crossroads: keep running from his demons, or let them hitch a ride back home with him.
Pete Hautman is the author of National Book Award winnerGodless, Sweetblood, Hole in the Sky, Stone Cold, the Flinkwater Chronicles, Road Tripped, Otherwood, Slider, andMr. Was,which was nominated for an Edgar by the Mystery Writers of America, as well as several other novels for children and adults. He lives in Minnesota and Wisconsin.