The Last Chance Texaco

by Brent Hartinger

Book Overview

The guy looked at me with a stare that would have frozen antifreeze. "You the new groupie, huh?" "Yeah," I said. "So?" "So no one wants you here. Why don't you go back where you came from?" I can't go... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060509120
• ISBN13: 9780060509125
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Harper Teen
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 7.4"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12

Customer Reviews

A Great Read

I had to read this book for my summer reading program for school, and at first I was thinking, "This is a book the school picked out, so it isn't going to be that good. I mean they don't know what kind of books us teenagers are into. All they like are them old boring books." Man was I wrong. This was one of the best books I have ever read. I loved it. Lucy is just one of those characters that you just bond with. You also feel sorry for her, because of how so many bad things have happened to her in her life. I highly recommend this book to anyone. It is a great read for all ages. I finished it in less then three days. I just couldn't put it down. Some nights I even stayed up until four o'clock in the morning reading it. So, for anyone out there wanting to read a great book this summer, I recommend this one.

Last Chance Texaco

Raymond W. I like this book it relates to alot of people ive met over the years. The book is about a girl who has been in foster homes since a very young age, now she gets moved to another foster home called Kindle Home but shes already used to being moved, but for some reason this home is different its not the same as all the other ones shes lived in, it actually feels like home. She even sneeks out just so that the home doesnt get closed down and to clear their name. Its a very uplifting story and you wont want to put the book down, I recamend this boon to any and everybody.

Great book!

Just finished Last Chance Texaco and loved it as much as Mr. Hartinger's first book. Lucy Pitt is a great, fun character and I'm impresed Mr. Hartinger can write such a convincing girl cahracter. She's tough and smart, but wants a family like everybody. And the group home stuff was really interesting as I don't know much about it. I don't know if we had any group home kids when I was in shcool, but now I understand a lot more about them. Read this book! And you won't be sorry.

Open the door to The Last Chance Texaco

The novel, The Last Chance Texaco, like Kindle Home is a warm and inviting place to call home. Brent Hartinger's book gives a voice to those children and teens often overlooked by the system. Lucy Pitt enters Kindle Home a mixture of fire and ice. Slowly the ice melts and Lucy discovers what the warmth that a family and a home provide. Lucy is one strong and determined character ready to take on new friends, love, and a burning mystery that has her hiding in bushes and picking up bags full of garbage. Brent Hartinger has written a powerful novel that feels like home. Go ahead, open the door and step inside. I guarantee you will want to stay a while.

Couldn't put it down! Stayed up late to finish it!

I really enjoyed this book, so much that once I started reading it, I could not put it down. If you liked "Geography Club", you will like this as well. I was trying to decide which one I liked better, but to be honest, I couldn't decide. GREAT second novel. Keep up the good work, Mr. Hartinger!