The Taxi Navigator

By Richard Mosher

Book Overview

Kid Kyle is happiest when he's being the navigator in his uncle Hank's taxi. Cruising the streets of New York City, he escapes his parents' fighting and learns all sorts of things, like how to spot tourists and other big tippers. But Kyle's strict Wall Street parents don't approve of Uncle Hank's freewheeling ways. Imagine what they'd say if they found out the pair had befriended three quirky downtown witches?"Mosher has a way with characters. This is a delightfully off-center group, with a richness of spirit." -- Booklist"Winningly told...For all its eccentricity, the core of this story is solemn and wise." -- Publishers Weekly

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0698116585
• ISBN13: 9780698116580
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Paperstar Book
• Length: 167 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Really good book,but there's a little sadness in it

I got this book for X-mas this year.It is about a little boy and his uncle.His uncle drives a taxi cab,but it seems the boy's parents don't approve of the taxi driving.The boy and uncle meet a woman who calls herself a "witch".They meet the "witch's" so-called family,and then everybody seems to bond together,and become a family within themselves.The boy's real family (his parents) split up.Now the boy's father moves to a forien land.Then one day the"witch" dies. It is sad,but in the end the boy get's to meet a captain of a ship and he sails off with his uncle and what's left of his pretend family.I thought the book was good,just a little too short.