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Guitar Highway Rose - by Brigid Lowry (Paperback)

Guitar Highway Rose - by  Brigid Lowry (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Told in interchanging voices, this heartfelt novel explores the emotional roller coaster of adolescence, and the heartaches and great joy that arise from taking chances as it follows 15-year-old Rosie, who runs away with Asher, the new boy from school.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><i>My name is Rosie Moon. I am nearly sixteen. I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out the window at night and I can taste it out there, waiting for me</i>. <p/>Popular and smart, fifteen-year-old Rosie Moon is the quintessential good girl. She also wishes she could be someone else for a while, someone more interesting. Asher Fielding is the mysterious new boy at school who has dreadlocks and a love of Jim Morrison. On the first day of tenth grade, Rosie develops a crush on Asher, and when the two pair up for a poetry assignment they quickly form a bond. When Asher is falsely accused of stealing a wallet at school, he and Rosie decide to escape it all--their families, their school, their ordinary town--and hitchhike up the Australian coast. They know they shouldn't, and that is exactly why they do. Part road story, part love story, <i>Guitar Highway Rose</i> is a thrilling ride for anyone who has ever dreamed about escaping everyday life, even just for a little while.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Lowry's Australian lingo, lyrical descriptions, likeable characters, and creative format are sure to be an instant hit with teens." --<i>Kirkus</i> <p/>"This Australian import has a delightful tranquility that persists all the way to a realistic, satisfying ending. An unassuming, charming book." --<i>Booklist</i> <p/>"Lowry describes Australian land- and seascape in colorful detail. Her prose is crisply observant in some places, stream-of-consciousness in others, and full of British/Aussie humor and one-liners. This is a romantic, entertaining, and thoughtful novel." --<i>School Library Journal</i> <p/>"[An] artfully constructed novel...readers will likely be captivated by Lowry's playful narrative style, and they will easily empathize with most of the characters, from the free-spirited protagonists to the parents who worry over them." --<i>Publishers Weekly</i> <p/>"A quirky kaleidoscope of skilled writing...[a] special book." --<i>Voya</i></p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Brigid Lowry is the author of award-winning poetry, short stories, and young adult novels. She is well-known in Australia, where <i>Guitar Highway Rose</i> was a runaway success with young readers and a finalist for or winner of numerous prestigious awards. She spent much of her life in Australia but now lives in New Zealand, where she was born and raised.</p>

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