Guitar Highway Rose
Author(s): Brigid Lowry
"My name is Rosie Moon. I am nearly sixteen. I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out the window at night and I can taste it out there, waiting for me."
Popular and smart, fifteen-year-old Rosie Moon is the quintessential good girl. She also wishes she could be someone else for a while, someone more interesting. Asher Fielding is the mysterious new boy at school who has dreadlocks and a love of Jim Morrison. On the first day of tenth grade, Rosie develops a crush on Asher, and when the two pair up for a poetry assignment they quickly form a bond. When Asher is falsely accused of stealing a wallet at school, he and Rosie decide to escape it all--their families, their school, their ordinary town--and hitchhike up the Australian coast. They know they shouldn't, and that is exactly why they do. Part road story, part love story, "Guitar Highway Rose" is a thrilling ride for anyone who has ever dreamed about escaping everyday life, even just for a little while.
Product Information
"Lowry's Australian lingo, lyrical descriptions, likeable characters, and creative format are sure to be an instant hit with teens." -"Kirkus"
"This Australian import has a delightful tranquility that persists all the way to a realistic, satisfying ending. An unassuming, charming book." -"Booklist"
"Lowry describes Australian land- and seascape in colorful detail. Her prose is crisply observant in some places, stream-of-consciousness in others, and full of British/Aussie humor and one-liners. This is a romantic, entertaining, and thoughtful novel." -"School Library Journal"
"[An] artfully constructed novel readers will likely be captivated by Lowry's playful narrative style, and they will easily empathize with most of the characters, from the free-spirited protagonists to the parents who worry over them." -"Publishers Weekly"
"A quirky kaleidoscope of skilled writing [a] special book." -"Voya "
General Fields
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- : St Martin's Press
- : St Martin's Press
- : 0.272
- : 216mm X 140mm X 15mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Brigid Lowry
- : Paperback / softback
- : 196
