Notes From the Midnight Driver
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Coming of Age
3.9
(157)
Jordan Sonnenblick
Just when you thought you had it all figured out . . ."Alex Peter Gregory, you are a moron!" Laurie slammed her palms down on my desk and stomped her foot. I get a lot of that.One car crash.One measly little car crash. And suddenly, I'm some kind of convicted felon.My parents are getting divorced, my dad is shacking up with my third-grade teacher, I might be in love with a girl who could kill me with one finger, and now I'm sentenced to babysit some insane old guy.What else could possibly go wrong?This is the story of Alex Gregory, his guitar, his best gal pal Laurie, and the friendship of a lifetime that he never would have expected.
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Author
Jordan Sonnenblick
Pages
288
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Published Date
2010-02-01
ISBN
0545231892 9780545231893
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"I read this book back when I was in middle school, and while I can't remember my exact thoughts on it, they were: I enjoyed it.
Cut to years later, I'm an adult who's going through the bookshelf(s) of books (along with the mountain I have in my room) that I need to read and reread so I know what to donate and keep. To really get those books that resonate with me and find ones that say "you get me." Lo and behold, this jumped out at me. And by that, it fell. I got spooked. But I was pleased to find that it was something that I seemed to enjoy in a life that feels so long ago, I immediately got into rereading it to see how I feel now that the years have increased in number and now that I've grown a beard (I take good care of it. I think. I find beards majestic).
So now, after rereading it, the best I can say is YEP it affected me on whole different levels this time around. Maybe it's due to me having taken care of my grandma before she made her graceful departure into the great beyond. It could be because my own mother had her struggles with a partner. Or maybe even that I had my own struggles with someone close to me that I may or may not have had some feelings for. I might be biased, but this book gets me. Kind of.
I find this book to be a great and charming, if not quick, read. I'm glad I read this in middle school before I experienced experiences as well as after highschool after I experienced experiences. It's something that I feel anyone could and should pick up to read. It's not the most complicated thing in the world, but not everything needs to be complicated. Unless it's supposed to be complicated. This is the weirdest review I've written yet.
Read it."
J M
Juan Mosqueda
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