Ten Miles from Winnemucca

“Marty is immensely appealing. His witty voice lends credibility to his venture in this novel of home lost, home regained.” Informationen zum Autor Thelma Hatch Wyss is the author of A Stranger Here, a Junior Library Guild Selection, and Here at the Scenic-Vu Motel, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. Ms. Wyss graduated from Brigham Young University and holds an M.F.A. degree from Vermont College. She has one son and two grandchildren. Ms. Wyss and her husband live in Salt Lake City, Utah. Zusammenfassung "I am Martin J. Miller -- hungry, homeless, and sweating at age sixteen. But I am alive." And to stay alive, Marty needs a few things from his list: Food Flashlight Laundromat to make his Jeep a more comfortable home, and to help him keep his: Excellent planning skills Native wit Quirky sense of humor so he doesn't have to go back to his: Newly remarried mother Coffee-table-collecting stepfather Hostile stepbrother Because when he thinks about it, life hiding out in a canyon isn't so bad. . . .

Product details

• Authors: Thelma Hatch Wyss
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 13
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.01.2004
• EAN: 9780064473347
• ISBN: 978-0-06-447334-7
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 171 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Family / Stepfamilies *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Runaways *