Synopses & Reviews
Trace Bonham has just scored an amazing ride—a brand-new, corporate-sponsored Super Stock. The sleek, custom-built machine runs like a dream. Hes set up with a professional crew, a top-of-the-line car hauler, and a great big paycheck; it all feels too good to be true. Of course, theres a price for everything. Trace has to turn over the car he started in, his dads Street Stock Chevy, to another driver. Hes also no longer welcome at his hometown speedway—or by the girl he adores who runs it—since his new team made it all too clear they think its a hayseed operation. So what? There are bigger and better speedways, and more girls, in Traces future. But can he handle the speed of success?
Review
“The novel is likely to appeal to youngsters who normally shy away from fiction.”—
School Library Journal“Weaver draws from his auto-racing experience to continue Traces story from Saturday Night Dirt (2008) and to bring to life the small-town, dirt-track racing world. Racing action, sharp dialogue and solid characterization make this a good bet for young sports fans.”—Kirkus Reviews
“There is no doubt that Weaver knows his way around stock cars, and he puts the reader in the middle of the action.”—VOYA
“Weaver offers outstanding descriptions of the races, putting readers in the center of the action.”—Booklist
Review
“The novel is likely to appeal to youngsters who normally shy away from fiction.”
School Library Journal“Weaver draws from his auto-racing experience to continue Traces story from Saturday Night Dirt (2008) and to bring to life the small-town, dirt-track racing world. Racing action, sharp dialogue and solid characterization make this a good bet for young sports fans.” Kirkus Reviews
“Weaver offers outstanding descriptions of the races, putting readers in the center of the action.” Booklist
Review
“The novel is likely to appeal to youngsters who normally shy away from fiction.”—
School Library Journal“Weaver draws from his auto-racing experience to continue Traces story from Saturday Night Dirt (2008) and to bring to life the small-town, dirt-track racing world. Racing action, sharp dialogue and solid characterization make this a good bet for young sports fans.”—Kirkus Reviews
“There is no doubt that Weaver knows his way around stock cars, and he puts the reader in the middle of the action.”—VOYA
“Weaver offers outstanding descriptions of the races, putting readers in the center of the action.”—Booklist
Synopsis
After a couple of seasons of small-town racing, things are shifting into high gear for a young dirt-track driver with the skills to make it big. Trace Bonham has landed a corporate sponsor and a custom-built dream ride. But this means Trace can no longer pilot his dads Street Stock Chevy, and must let a new kid get behind the wheel. It also means having to turn his back on his hometown speedway, which his team leaders think is a hayseed operation not worth their time, even though its run by a girl who matters to Trace in a big way.
Filled with authentic race-car action and detail, Will Weavers fast-paced novel is the story of a boy struggling with the speed and demands of his own success.
Synopsis
Filled with authentic race-car action and detail, Weaver's fast-paced novel--the second in his Motor series--is the story of a boy struggling with the speed and demands of his own success.
Synopsis
Fast cars, faster girls, and a fat paycheck. Trace is finally living the good life.
About the Author
WILL WEAVER has written numerous novels, including Defect, winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Young Adult Literature, Full Service, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, and two other Motor Novels, Saturday Night Dirt and Checkered Flag Cheater. Mr. Weaver lives in Bemidji, Minnesota, and is the owner of black No. 16, a Modified race car co-sponsored by Farrar, Straus and Giroux that races in the WISSOTA circuit in the Upper Midwest.