Notes from the Midnight Driver, (Paperback)

from kikotomo

Jordan Sonnenblick has a way of telling stories that make readers cry and laugh in the same sentence. Notes from the Midnight Driver talks about drunk driving, illness, loss, music, and friendship in a way that makes you smile - wanting more. Just as wonderful as Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie. ...

from TigerLMS

Alex Gregory is upset the night his mother, recently seperated from his dad, goes out on a first date. His choice? He gets drunk on a bottle of his dad's old vodka, hops in a car, and starts to drive to his dad's new house to try and catch him with his new romantic interest-- one of Alex's elemen...

from abbylibrarian

Alex Gregory has made a huge mistake. During one night of desperate anger at his parents' divorce, he drunkenly crashes his dad's new car into a neighbor's lawn, decapitating her lawn gnome. As punishment, Alex is assigned to do community service at a nursing home. In particular, he's assigned to...

from KenzieL

This book is about a regular boy who gets drunk one night and decides to go run into his dads house because his dad cheated on his mom and left them. He gets into the car and wrecks intoi some old ladys yard. He opens his eyes to see 1. A cop staring at him. 2. A yard gnome that he ran over. He h...

from JudiMoreillon

The letters between Alex and the judge are one of the best aspects of this book. The letters reveal Alex's growing maturity and empathy for his friend Sol. I guessed early on that the judge was Sol's estranged daughter, but Sonnenblick's great characterization, especially of Alex and Sol, carried...