Brit has had her driver’s license only 11 days when her parents drop her off to stay at her grandmother’s house for two weeks while the...
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Jan 10, 2010
Ash
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I was a few pages from the end of the book and ready to give it 4 stars, do a happy dance that it all turned out okay, and call it a day. But nooooo! It's like getting into a movie and then right at the end when everything starts to calm down and you're getting to the conclusion...the screen goes black and the end credits start rolling. You're left there thinking, "What? Is that the ending? Really??". It didn't feel like it really ended. The book did have a sense of finality, but the
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Oct 23, 2007
Adrienne
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I read this book for a YA literature class, and I chose it because it is up for a Beehive Award. How this got onto that list, I'll never know. The author's style is annoying and just doesn't flow; the plot doesn't get interesting until the last 50 pages and doesn't get resolved until the last 3 pages; the characters don't really have any growth (maybe until the last sentence of the book). The concept is quite cute, but the execution is painful.
Jun 08, 2011
Donovan
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the book that i did for my second A.R. is called hit the road. I think that this book was a little complicated. I think it was because it was hard to tell what was going on during some parts of the book.
The girl in the story is really energetic about getting her drivers license.Her parents dont't think that she can prosper at bein a good driver so her parents won't let her get her license. i rated the book that i liked it because it was a thrilling story about a girl whose grandma thinks s More...
The girl in the story is really energetic about getting her drivers license.Her parents dont't think that she can prosper at bein a good driver so her parents won't let her get her license. i rated the book that i liked it because it was a thrilling story about a girl whose grandma thinks s More...
Sep 21, 2007
Trina
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Mediocre. Exciting story but way too much internal waffling. Should I? Shouldn't I? Let's just think about it for several pages.
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Sep 13, 2010
Ann
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hen 16 year old Brittany's parents go on an Alaskan cruise, she's supposed to stay with her 86 year old grandmother, Nannie. Little does she know that Nannie has plans up her sleeve to rescue one of her old college roommates - known as 'the girls' - from a nursing home. Armed with an 11 day old drivers license and a rented van, Nannie and Brit are ready to take the ride of their lives. Charming at first. One note 'villain', deus ex machina resolution, abrupt ending - would ha More...
hen 16 year old Brittany's parents go on an Alaskan cruise, she's supposed to stay with her 86 year old grandmother, Nannie. Little does she know that Nannie has plans up her sleeve to rescue one of her old college roommates - known as 'the girls' - from a nursing home. Armed with an 11 day old drivers license and a rented van, Nannie and Brit are ready to take the ride of their lives. Charming at first. One note 'villain', deus ex machina resolution, abrupt ending - would ha More...
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Oct 16, 2011
Jeremiah
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Oct 27, 2008
Kris
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I do like Caroline Cooney's books. Her characters are usually believable and captivating. This book is no exception. 16-year-old Brit has been left with her grandmother,Nannie, whom she loves dearly, while her parents are on vacation, and they have taken the family car with them. This is a sentence equaling total boredom to a girl who just got her driver's license. Nannie will be no help because Brit's mother has determined that Nannie is incompetent and not only took away her car, but cut
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Aug 20, 2008
Julie
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What happens when you mix up four ancient ladies and one newly licensed sixteen-year-old driver? Find out in this hilarious road adventure when Brittany Bowman and her eighty-six-old grandmother, Nannie hit the road from Connecticut to Maine to attend Nannie’s college reunion with the girls from the Buttermere dorm.
They’ve been going to “Reunion” every year since graduation and nothing is going to stop them from attending this year either, even if they have to kidnap one of their fr More...
They’ve been going to “Reunion” every year since graduation and nothing is going to stop them from attending this year either, even if they have to kidnap one of their fr More...
Jul 24, 2008
Becky
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Caroline B. Cooney's latest novel, HIT THE ROAD, is without a doubt one of the funniest books I've ever read. Britanny is in for quite a surprise when she arrives at her grandmother's house to 'babysit' her while her parents are on an Alaskan vacation. You see, Nannie has plans of her own--none of which include staying home and watching tv--so Brit, relunctantly at first, joins her schemes little knowing how those adventures would change her life.
The plan? To pick up her former colle More...
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Dec 22, 2011
Jennifer
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If you want to read one of the most hilarious books of the summer, then you definitely need to pick up a copy of HIT THE ROAD by Caroline B. Cooney. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard, or so often, while reading a book. If you've always believed that people over the age of eighty are nothing but dried up old husks of their former selves, then you need to meet the Buttermeres: Nannie Rawlings, Florence Mirsky, Aurelia Alan, and Daisy Fe More...
If you want to read one of the most hilarious books of the summer, then you definitely need to pick up a copy of HIT THE ROAD by Caroline B. Cooney. I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard, or so often, while reading a book. If you've always believed that people over the age of eighty are nothing but dried up old husks of their former selves, then you need to meet the Buttermeres: Nannie Rawlings, Florence Mirsky, Aurelia Alan, and Daisy Fe More...
Sep 13, 2011
Jenny
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Brit thinks she's staying with Nannie while her parents are in Alaska, but Nannie has other plans. her 65th college reunion is coming up, and she and her 3 roommates, Flow, Aurelia, and Daisy are going. Brit has only had her license for 11 days, yet she finds herself driving across several states to pick old ladies up, and stage a kidnapping of Aurelia from her nursing home and her evil son who just wants his mother's money. Everyone is counting on Brit, and she is feeling a little overwhelme
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Aug 18, 2010
I ended up not liking the book as much as I thought I would. It started off great, a reluctant heroine, a group of spunky old ladies and a road trip. But the author got distracted from the great story she had there and had to make it melodramatic and it went downhill from there. I wish the book had been about Brit chauffering "the girls" to the reunion and learning a few life lessons along the way. That would have been a better and more enjoyable book.
Jan 29, 2012
Madeleineshs12
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In this book, Brit Bowman, a junior in high school who is forced into staying with her grandmother for two weeks. Then her grandmother immediately rents a car and tries to drive. Failing, she asks Brit to drive her to meet up with her friends for their reunion. Nannie reveals that one of their friends is trapped in an Alzheimer's treatment facility. Brit tries to decide if she is doing the right thing or not, but sooner the plot gets darker than an old ladies' college reunion road trip. I l
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Aug 05, 2011
Cherylann
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Caroline B. Cooney has been churning out fun reads for YA for decades. Hit the Road is just another awesome summer read in a long line of good summer reads. The plot is fairly simple - 16 year old Brit is dropped off at her grandmother's house while her parents leave for an Alaskan cruise. Shortly after her parents pull out of the driveway, a large GMC Safari van pulls in. Nannie, Brit's grandmother, has decided that they are off to kidnap her college roommate who has been put in a nursing home
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Oct 24, 2008
TheSaint
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The good news: Brit just got her drivers' license. The not-so-good news: She is carless. Until she winds up chauffeuring her elderly Nannie and two old college friends to a last college reunion. Trouble is Aurelia's evil son (he's about 60 years old) places her in an assisted living facility, cancels her credit cards, and enlists doctors to keep her over-medicated, all in an effort to inherit his mother's millions before she dies.The "girls" including Brit, hatch a clever scheme to kid
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Jun 09, 2011
Jodi
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The old ladies in this book are amazing. I want to be that cool when I'm old. Also, props to Bridget for all her driving. I know what ferries are like, and driving off of them is scary even if you're properly licensed. Also, I want a Cooper in my life.
Aug 03, 2011
Lisa
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I really enjoyed this book. Right from the start it had me glued to it. I wouldn't want my daughter to learn to drive this way. It had me laughing at all the things I fear about driving. I love the way these 80 some old ladies keep their mind off her driving.
Dec 04, 2008
Elisa
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This was an entertaining book about a girl who's staying with her grandma on vacay. Then the granny goes nutty and decides to go on this insane road trip even though she can't drive to save her life and the girl doesn't have a liscense!
Nov 29, 2010
Kamerine
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I am not a fan of Hit The Road by Caroline B. Cooney. By page 30, I had to stop because I was bored out of my mind.I think Hit The Road could be a good book, but only if the beginning caught my attention better.
Apr 11, 2011
Kathy
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A girl's perception of what life will be like when she gets her driver's license versus the reality.... having to chaperone her grandmother and her friends to their college reunion. Very funny.
Mar 09, 2010
Linda
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A page-turning adventure by one of my favorite YA authors. Brit goes on an unexpected road trip with her grandmother and learns some important life lessons about trust, family ties and growing old.
Oct 18, 2011
I really enjoyed this book. It captivated me from the very begining to the and. Many of the charaters in this story had very strong personalities which made the story more intersesting. The cover of this book and the first impression you get will be similar but as you rad on you will realize that this book has a deeper meaning.
Nov 27, 2011
Noelle
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cute little story that reminded me of my grandmother and wish she were still alive to take a road trip with her.
Aug 19, 2010
Jaime
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Good, but sad book. I volunteer in a nursing home and sadly children sometimes do take advantage of their parents.
Dec 23, 2008
Victorianromantic
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More twists then I originally thought, but still took its dear precious time to get started.
Jul 28, 2009
Andrea
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It was interesting to see how her view of the elderly changed throughout the book.
