The Last Chance Texaco |
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| Author:
| Hartinger, Brent |
| ISBN: | 978-0-06-050914-9 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2005 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint: | HarperTeen |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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The guy looked at me with a stare that would have frozen antifreeze.
"You the new groupie, huh?"
"Yeah," I said. "So?"
"So no one wants you here. Why don't you go back where you came from?"
I can't go back, I wanted to say. That was the thing about living in a group home. There was nowhere for me to go but forward.
Brent Hartinger's second novel, a portrait of a subculture of teenagers that many people would like to forget, is as powerful and provocative...
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The guy looked at me with a stare that would have frozen antifreeze.
"You the new groupie, huh?"
"Yeah," I said. "So?"
"So no one wants you here. Why don't you go back where you came from?"
I can't go back, I wanted to say. That was the thing about living in a group home. There was nowhere for me to go but forward.
Brent Hartinger's second novel, a portrait of a subculture of teenagers that many people would like to forget, is as powerful and provocative as his first book, Geography Club.