![]() but it missed greatness by a good distance to. can't the artist even be troubled to read the book. There is a dog along on the road trip, but it never gets to ride in a Mustang. Our bumblers drive an Escort, a Chevy and a Toyota, but never a Mustang do they enter. The image on the cover shows a 1960's Mustang and no such car ever appears in the book. Normally, this might make for a fun story, but I guess I'm at a time in my life when I wish my children would stop screwing up and therefore it just cut across the grain of my own current parental experience.Īnother issue I had with the book was the cover art. Even when the hero realizes that the people he has hooked up with are problematic, he refuses to do the smart thing and call for help. It is probably a good thing that the book is aimed at a juvenile audience (why did I read it, I got it off the "free" table at the local library and it looked interesting) because it panders to their lack of sense. In other words, he winds up in a world of hurt, but muddles through without his parents, demonstrating a stubborn streak of rebellion that just gets him in deeper. However, our young intrepid hero couragously refuses to call his parents for assistance, even when his wallet is stolen, crooks start chasing him, etc. Along the way he experiences a lot of problems, beginning with his car breaking down by throwing a rod. Our young hero is offered a job right out of high school, buys a junk car and heads across country from Virginia to San Jose. wind up on the street rather than succeeding in Hollywood, Nashville, or Silicon Valley. While some young folks can and do succeed without their parents' assistance, we know that most runaways, etc. Ethan also likes to help in the garden.Ĭar Trouble is a work of Young Adult Fiction that seems to suggest that young people might struggle a bit along the way, but they can reject their parents (for the most part) and be whatever they want to be. But they agree on walks, naps, and trips in the car to surprise destinations. Ethan is not very fond of reading, for example, and Jeanne doesn't much like chasing squirrels. Jeanne and Ethan get along well, though their interests are different. Jeanne DuPrau doesn't have children, but she has two nephews, a niece, and a dog. She lives in California, where it's easy to grow everything from apples to zinnias. Jeanne DuPrau doesn't write every minute of every day. So far, she has written four novels, six books of nonfiction, and quite a few essays and stories. So many words to choose from! So many different things that could happen in a story at any moment! Writing is one tough decision after another.īut it's also the most satisfying thing she knows how to do. This gives her courage, because she finds writing very hard. ![]() She has this quote taped to her wall: "A writer is someone for whom writing is harder than it is for other people" (Thomas Mann). Jeanne DuPrau spends several hours of every day at her computer, thinking up sentences.
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