Driver's Ed

Product Description
Driver’s Ed was like so many things in school. If the parents only knew . . .



From the Paperback edition.
From Publishers Weekly
A wrenching, breathlessly paced plot and an adrenaline-charged romance make Cooney's ( The Face on the Milk Carton ) latest novel nearly impossible to put down. To high school junior Remy, a late-night sign-stealing expedition seems like an especially thrilling (and only vaguely illegal) way to pursue the boy she has a crush on, good-looking Morgan Campbell. Intoxicated by their feelings for each other, neither Remy nor Morgan pays much attention when thuggish Nickie decides to take a stop sign from a poorly lit intersection. Later that night, a young mother is killed when she is hit by a truck at the very same intersection--a direct consequence of the teens' prank. Remy, Morgan and Nickie have left no evidence to implicate themselves; while Nickie is glad to evade responsibility, Remy and Morgan must somehow come to terms with the tragedy they have caused. Set against a richly imagined background of relentlessly ordinary events--Thanksgiving festivities, Christmas shopping at the mall--Remy and Morgan's tortured inner searchings are all the more harrowing. Given Cooney's vigorous, evocative prose and her carefully individuated characters, this modern-day morality tale is as convincing as it is irresistible. Ages 12-up.
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From the Inside Flap
Driver's Ed was like so many things in school. If the parents only knew . . .
From the Back Cover
“A wrenching, breathlessly paced plot and an adrenaline-charged romance make Cooney’s latest novel nearly impossible to put down. . . . This modern-day morality tale is as convincing as it is irresistible.”—
Publishers Weekly, Starred

“A poignant, realistic novel, with nicely drawn characters.”—
Booklist, Starred

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

An ALA Quick Pick

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Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice
About the Author
Caroline B. Cooney is the author of
Goddess of Yesterday (an ALA Notable Children’s Book);
The Ransom of Mercy Carter; and
The Face on the Milk Carton (an IRA–CBC Children’s Choice). She lives in Westbrook, CT.



From the Paperback edition.
From AudioFile
Life is going very well indeed for Remy Marland and Morgan Campbell, the boy she has a crush on. They're both taking driver's education, dreaming of how being able to drive will change everything and making tentative steps toward dating. All this changes when they take part in a prank that turns deadly and they have to face up to their part in the tragedy. Guidall's reading is too thoughtful, understated and subdued in tone and pace. As a result, the book, which is a real page-turner, doesn't translate effectively into audio in this performance, which seems endless. Either an abridgment is called for or a more dynamic, energetic performance. S.S.R. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine
From School Library Journal
Grade 7 Up-Disinterested driver's ed teacher Mr. Fielding views his class as indistinguishable brainless clones. In order to keep them straight, he distributes name tags, and then calls out three lucky participants each day to go out on the road. Of course, the students are way ahead of him, and just exchange name tags whenever anyone wants a chance behind the wheel. Remy loves to drive, and she constantly trades tags with other girls. One night, she and a perspective love interest, Morgan, accept a class challenge to collect road signs, recruiting an older boy to drive. The expedition goes without a hitch- until they learn that a young mother has been killed at the intersection from which they have stolen a stop sign. The whole community is up in arms, and the grieving widower appears on TV with his son, offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of the vandals. Remy and Morgan are filled with remorse and guilt as their lives are turned u