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The Road to Wherever
The Road to Wherever | John Ed Bradley
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A middle grade road novel about a boy stuck on a summer trip with his offbeat auto-mechanic cousins—a humor- and heart-filled journey that leads the boy to an unexpected confrontation with some broken-down parts of himself. After eleven-year-old June Ball’s dad disappears without so much as a goodbye note, June’s mother sends him on the road with his adult cousins, mechanics Thomas and Cornell Ball. The Balls are “Ford Men”; their calling in life is to restore old Ford cars—and only Ford cars—that no longer run. And so begins a summer traveling the highways and byways of America, encountering busted-up Fairlanes, Thunderbirds, and Rancheros. They also encounter the cars’ owners, who sometimes need fixing up, too. June doesn’t understand his cousins’ passion for all things Ford. But at every turn, June realizes that this journey is about more than giving neglected classic cars some much-needed TLC—there’s room to care for the broken parts of humans, too. A story of adventure, longing, and growing up from adult novelist, journalist, and All-SEC center for the LSU Tigers, John Ed Bradley.
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Daisey
The Road to Wherever | John Ed Bradley
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I read this book a couple years ago and remember enjoying the road trip aspect and the family dynamic, although I don‘t remember a lot of details. Eleven year old June spends the summer traveling with his adult cousins who are mechanics that restore old Fords.

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Karisimo Sounds great! Thanks for sharing! 4mo
dabbe On the TBR! 🤩 4mo
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Daisey
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I finished the rest of this incredibly heartwarming story this morning so I could drop books off at the library. I loved the road trip aspect, the discussion of cars, and the family dynamic that developed. The two cousins provide great opportunities as well as support for the main character. The end was a little too perfectly wrapped up for me, but it works in a middle grade story.

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Daisey
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I‘m really enjoying this story of a boy spending his summer traveling with some extended family to repair and restore classic Ford cars. This section made me smile because I‘ve actually played this game on drives with some of my family, except we stuck to just identifying semis.

#TRS2022 #MiddleGrade #RoadTrip