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"I am Martin J. Miller -- hungry, homeless, and sweating at age sixteen. But I am alive."
And to stay alive, Marty needs a few things from his list:
Food
Flashlight
Laundromat
to make his Jeep a more comfortable home, and to help him keep his:
Excellent planning skills
Native wit
Quirky sense of humor
so he doesn't have to go back to his:
Newly remarried mother
Coffee-table-collecting stepfather
Hostile stepbrother
Because when he thinks about it, life hiding out in a canyon isn't so bad. . . .
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About the Author:
From Publishers Weekly:
Thelma Hatch Wyss is the author of A Stranger Here, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers.
Ms. Wyss graduated from Brigham Young University and holds an M.F.A. degree from Vermont College. She has one son and two grandchildren. Ms. Wyss and her husband live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The humorous, self-deprecating voice of 16-year-old narrator Martin ("Marty") J. Miller strongly propels Wyss's (Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel) novel. His mother's remarriage to Mr. Joe Wonderful in Seattle forces Marty to move from his beloved Winnemucca, Nev. But after she leaves on a three-month honeymoon and his stringy-haired stepbrother Burgess, also 16, throws his belongings out of the second-floor window, Marty runs away. Marty's trusty Jeep runs low on gas in Red Rock, Idaho, so he takes a job at a burger joint and enrolls in school. The title refers to Marty's realization that "No matter where I found myself in the cities of the world New York City, Istanbul, Athens, Seattle, or Red Rock I would always be just ten miles from Winnemucca in my heart." His comic take on events keeps things on an even keel, despite impending starvation, poverty and a chorus of critters in his illegal camp (e.g., when he is out of money and has nowhere to sleep, he says, "On the outside I was normal But on the inside I was Help Wanted"; "trust fund" makes his list of "additional necessities"). After his solo journey, the ending may be a bit of a letdown, but Marty's quirky take on life and his boundless resourcefulness will keep readers entertained. Ages 12-up.
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- PublisherHarperTeen
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0064473341
- ISBN 13 9780064473347
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages160
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