Car Trouble
by DuPrau, Jeanne
TravelYALSA Popular PaperbacksNY Publ. Library Best Books for the Teen AgeCoop. Children's Book CenterComputersCars/TrucksCalifornia
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AR Book Level
4.7
AR Points
6
Word Count
43,897
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
102546 EN
About this book
Car Trouble is a middle-grade novel about seventeen-year-old computer enthusiast Duff Pringle, who leaves Richmond, Virginia in a used car to drive to San Jose, California for a job. During his cross-country trip, he encounters a series of mechanical problems and meets a variety of unusual people that make his journey far more difficult than expected. The story follows his attempts to resolve the car trouble and reach his destination.