The Red Racecar

By Thom Ring

Book Overview

Jimmy Pearson and his best friend Danny Houle have just graduated from high school as thisyoung-adult novel begins. Neither has a clue about what's next in their lives until Jimmy Pearsonspots a bright-red midget racecar for sale at an auto-repair shop in town. Jimmy hasn't laid eyeson a racecar in years, but his dad once was one of the best dirt-track racers around before he losthis life in a racing accident. Jimmy immediately decides that the car is the ticket to a summer ofadventure if he and Danny can come up with the money to buy it from its desperately-brokeowners.But how will his mom feel about his racing in view of the death of his dad? And does he knowenough about going fast to compete with the current class of competitors already in the midst oftheir racing season?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505622697
• ISBN13: 9781505622690
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"