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Title: Empathy, Voice Drive this Road Trip!
Review: In Long Gone Daddy, the author beautifully captures the conflicts, impulses, and humor of adolescence. Trapped in a difficult family, Harlan Q wishes only for escape and finds a window of opportunity in a cross-country trek to return his grandfather's remains to Las Vegas. What I liked most about the novel is the voices of the characters and the empathy we feel for them--even the difficult ones--thanks to Ms. Hemphill's writing. I highly recommend this book--as well as her historical "road trip" book, The Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones, for any pre-adolescent or adolescent readers. Adults, too!
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