100 Sideways Miles

Books | Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General

3.9

Andrew Smith

Destiny takes a detour in this heartbreakingly hilarious novel with five starred reviews, from the acclaimed author of Winger, which Kirkus Reviews called “smart” and “wickedly funny.”Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he’s ever loved. Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling restless and trapped in the book, Finn embarks on a road trip with Cade to visit their college of choice in Oklahoma. When an unexpected accident happens and the boys become unlikely heroes, they take an eye-opening detour away from everything they thought they had planned—and learn how to write their own destiny. NYTBR Notable Children’s Book of the Year NPR Best Book of the Year NYPL's Best Book of the Year for Teens Chicago Public Library Best Teen Fiction of the Year A Texas Tayshas Top Ten Selection

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Author

Andrew Smith

Pages

277

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2014-09-02

ISBN

1442444959 9781442444959

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"I read this in the beginning of 9th grade. My dad took me to the library and told me to pick out one book to see if I like it and if I didn’t he’d never take me back, and this is the one I grabbed. I put it off until it was a week until it was due and he pushed me into reading it. I read it all in one day and this is 100% the book that got me into reading. The adventure you go on with this book is absolutely insane and I loved every second of it. It is my favorite underrated book of all time."

Lego Dino

"This was absoulutely my favorite book since the first page. It is funny, sweet, deep, intruiging, and sad all in one beauftiul book! It keeps you interested the entire time with Finn's crisises as well as dark sides. The writing, plot, dark humor, and characters are all genius! I would recomend this book to any human who wishes to satisfy their brain and heart atoms ;-)"

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Swift Gem

"This has been my favorite book since freshman year"