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In 1964, Paul Carpetti discovers Jack Kerouac's On the Road while on a school trip to New York and begins to question the life he faces after high school. Then he meets a volatile, charismatic Kerouac devotee determined to hit the road himself. When the boys learn that Kerouac is living in St. Peter...

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Main Author: Shoup, Barbara (Author)
Other Authors: Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Indianapolis, IN : Lacewing Books, [2014]
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Kerouac, Jack, > 1922-1969 > Young adult fiction.
Young men > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:In 1964, Paul Carpetti discovers Jack Kerouac's On the Road while on a school trip to New York and begins to question the life he faces after high school. Then he meets a volatile, charismatic Kerouac devotee determined to hit the road himself. When the boys learn that Kerouac is living in St. Petersburg, Florida, they go looking for answers.
Physical Description:196 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:9781938126475 (trade paperback)
1938126475 (trade paperback)
Author Notes:Barbara Shoup is the author seven novels-- Night Watch, Wish You Were Here, Stranded in Harmony, Faithful Women, Vermeer's Daughter, Everything You Want, and An American Tune --and the co-author of Novel Ideas: Contemporary Authors Share the Creative Process and Story Matters . Her short fiction, poetry, essays, and interviews have appeared in numerous magazines, including The Writer and the New York Times . Wish You Were Here and Stranded in Harmony were selected as American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. Vermeer's Daughter was a School Library Journal Best Adult Book for Young Adults. She is the recipient of numerous grants from the Indiana Arts Council, two creative renewal grants from the Arts Council of Indianapolis, the 2006 PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship, and the 2012 Eugene and Marilyn Glick Regional Indiana Author Award. She was the writer-in-residence at Broad Ripple High School Center for the Humanities and the Performing Arts in Indianapolis for twenty years. Currently, she is the executive director of the IndianaWriters Center, an associate faculty member at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, and an associate editor with OV Books.

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