Children's Fiction, General

If Rock and Roll Were a Machine

Name: If Rock and Roll Were a Machine
Author: Terry Davis
ISBN: 9780440219088

by Terry Davis

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Overview

Terry Davis' If Rock & Roll Were A Machine offers us a priceless gift; Bert Bowden, an everyteen caught poignantly in the throes of becoming himself and torn by the task of breaking away from his loving-but-confused parents. It is the old story made new once again in the roar of Harleys, the pulse-like throb of an R & B baseline, and the silence of adolescent solitude. The story teaches us once again that the pain of "coming of age" is the purchase price of mature joy.

The guidance of two adults and his interest in motorcycles and writing help high school junior Bert Bowden regain the sense of self that had been destroyed by his fifth-grade teacher.