Why We Took the Car

Author:   Wolfgang Herrndorf
Publisher:   Andersen Press Ltd
ISBN:  

9781783440313


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   06 February 2014
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 17 years
Format:   Paperback
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Why We Took the Car


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Mike doesn't get why people think he's boring. Sure, he doesn't have many friends. (OK, zero friends.) And everyone laughs at him when he reads his essays out loud in class. And he's never invited to parties. But one day Tschick, the odd new boy at school, shows up at Mike's house out of the blue. He dares him to go on a road trip with him. No parents, no map, no destination. Will they get hopelessly lost in the middle of nowhere? Probably. Will they meet crazy people and get into serious trouble? Definitely. But will they ever be called boring again? Not a chance. 'You will see the world with different eyes after reading this novel' Rolling Stone Winner of the German Teen Literature Prize

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Author:   Wolfgang Herrndorf
Publisher:   Andersen Press Ltd
Imprint:   Andersen Press Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.207kg
ISBN:  

9781783440313


ISBN 10:   1783440317
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   06 February 2014
Recommended Age:   From 12 to 17 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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You will see the world with different eyes after reading this novel Rolling Stone Alternately wild, sad, hilarious, and tender Publisher's Weekly, starred review Full of laughs and incredibly moving Sueddeutsche Zeitung A novel with just one flaw: it's over too soon Deutschlandradio


You will see the world with different eyes after reading this novel Rolling Stone Exhilarating and hilarious... Why We Took the Car has definite potential for cult status Observer Insightful and funny -- Philip Ardagh Guardian Enjoyably offbeat Irish Times Herndorff finds a fresh, ever-inventive and exuberant peculiarity in the world just beyond the windscreen, as well as a soul-deep empathy in his characters... As a writer myself, it's the kind of book I wish I'd written. Keith Gray, The Scotsman


You will see the world with different eyes after reading this novel Rolling Stone Full of laughs and incredibly moving Sueddeutsche Zeitung A novel with just one flaw: it's over too soon Deutschlandradio


Author Information

Wolfgang Herrndorf (1965-2013) was born in Hamburg, Germany and studied painting before turning to writing later in his career. He wrote several award-winning novels for adults, and WHY WE TOOK THE CAR is his first book to be published in the UK.

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