Checkered Flag Cheater Contributor(s): Weaver, Will (Author) |
|
ISBN: 0374350620 ISBN-13: 9780374350628 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Action & Adventure - General - Young Adult Fiction | Sports & Recreation - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2009013600 |
Lexile Measure: 740 |
Series: Motor Novels (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (1.05 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 137068 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Trace Bonham is living large as the teen driver for a pro Super Stock racing team. He's on billboards and on the road instead of stuck in school. And he's blowing away the competition wherever he races. But Trace is worried that those who think his crew is illegally juicing his engine may be right. It's up to him to discover what is going on--and what he's going to do about it. |
Contributor Bio(s): Weaver, Will: - Author of Red Earth, White Earth and A Gravestone Made of Wheat, Will Weaver grew up in northern Minnesota on a dairy farm. The sometimes harsh and beautiful landscape of farm and small town life figures strongly in his writing. Sweet Land, an independent feature film adaptation of his story "Gravestone Made of Wheat," and starring Ned Beatty, premiered in October of 2006. As an author, Mr. Weaver is particularly concerned with youth literacy and keeping kids reading. His new MOTOR series addresses a group of underserved young adult readers: kids who love cars. His new novel Saturday Night Dirt and its sequel, Super Stock Rookie, focus on dirt track stock car racing. The series starts with a close focus on a small town speedway and the cast of colorful characters who come there to race on Saturday nights. One of the characters, sixteen-year-old Trace Bonham, is a natural driver with dreams of racing professionally. The MOTOR series follows Trace's on his path toward getting a "ride" (a sponsored race car) and competing at the highest level he can. While these auto racing novels will certainly appeal to boys, Weaver's novels always contain a diverse cast of characters. Auto racing is one of the few sports that gives no gender advantage, and the MOTOR series also includes a positive and realistic portrayal of young women involved in racing. Along with the MOTOR series of novels, Weaver has formed a stock car racing team with a teenaged driver. His black No. 16 Modified race car, co-sponsored by Farrar, Straus & Giroux publishers, is driven by Skyler Smith of Bemidji. Team Weaver races in the WISSOTA circuit in the upper Midwest. |