Driving Lessons

The Beetle and Me: a love story. Karen Romano Young. (HS)
Daisy, age 15, restores her Dad's 1957 VW Beetle.

Behind the wheel. Janet S. Wong. (HS)
Taking the dreaded test? Pulled over by the law? Pick one of these poems for that pesky poetry assignment!

The Car. Gary Paulsen. (MS)
Teen travels in his hand built car; go west, young man....

Driver's ed. Caroline Cooney. (MS)
Remy thinks that stealing a stop sign is a fun prank, but when her theft causes a car crash, she realizes the dire consequences of her actions.

Driving lessons. Ed McBain. (HS)
When 16-year-old student driver Rebecca Patton runs over her driving instructor's wife is it an accident or is it murder?

Nobody else has to know. Ingrid Tomey. (MS)
Remy's grandfather takes the blame for his hit and run accident. But can Remy keep the terrible secret?

On the road. Jack Kerouac. (HS)
The Beat generation classic: from hip NYC to hipper California - the original modern road odyssey from the 1950's.

Rules of the road.Joan Bauer. (MS)
Jenna, shoe salesgirl extraordinaire drives her elderly employer cross country to the annual board meeting/showdown in an attempt to save the store from a hostile take over by the owner’s evil, grasping son.

Travels with Charley; in search of America. John Steinbeck. (HS)
Steinbeck and his dog, Charley, set out in a camper, Rosinante, to find the real America.

(MS) = Recomended for Middle School Readers
(HS) = Recomended for High School Readers