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Amy and Roger's Epic Detour
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Amy and Roger's Epic Detour (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Morgan Matson (Author) (edit contributors)

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From a talented debut author, the moving and relatable story of a girl who takes a road trip to find herself--and the guy who goes with her.

Amy Curry thinks her life sucks. Her mom decides to move from California to Connecticut to start anew--just in time for Amy's senior year. Her dad... read more

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Amy Curry is having a terrible year. Her mother has decided to move across the country and needs Amy to get their car from California to Connecticut. There's just one small problem: Since her dad died this past spring, Amy hasn't been able to get behind the wheel. Enter Roger, the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Amy Curry is having a terrible year. Her mother has decided to move across the country and needs Amy to get their car from California to Connecticut. There's just one small problem: Since her dad died this past spring, Amy hasn't been able to get behind the wheel. Enter Roger, the nineteen-year-old son of an old family friend, who turns out to be unexpectedly cute... and dealing with some baggage of his own.
Meeting new people and coming to terms with her father's death were not what Amy had planned on this trip. And traveling the Loneliest Road in America, seeing the Colorado Mountains, crossing the Kansas plains, and visiting diners, dingy motels and Graceland were definitely not on the itinerary. But as they drive, Amy finds that the people you least expected are the ones you may need the most - and that sometimes you may need to get lost in order to find your way home.

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  • Amy Curry: Young girl looking for herself on a road trip she gets put on by her mother. Has an adventure of her lifetime, and figures things out about herself, and opens up after hiding things for a long time.
  • Roger: The boy going with Amy on the road trip set up by Amy's mother. Later becomes Amy's love interest. He is a sweet guy, that finally gives Amy some company and an adventure after being by herself for a long time.
  • Charlie Curry: Amy's twin brother who's in rehab. All around Drug addict after their father dies
  • Lucien Armstrong: Hadley's younger brother
  • Drew "Cheeks": One of Roger's college friends, who has a great taste in resterants
  • Bronwyn: A girl who is one of Roger's college friends. She gives Amy new clothes. She seems like a friend that everyone should have. So nice, cheery, and generous.
  • Hadley Armstrong: Add a description of this character.
  • Walcott
  • Michael: Amy's ex-boyfriend.
  • Julia: Amy's (Kinda ex-)best friend.
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  • “You don't have to go away to know where your home is, everyone knows where their home is. And if you don't, you've got problems.”
    Walcott
  • “Saying goodbye is basically an invitation not to see that person again. It's making it okay for that to be the last conversation you have. So if you don't say it--if you leave the conversation open--it means you'll have to see them again.”
    Roger
  • “If you have a gift for something, I think it's wrong not to work at it, just because it gets hard, or because you're scared.”
    Mr. Curry
  • “"And sometimes," she added, in slightly hushed tones, like she was letting me in on a secret, "if you don't feel great on the inside, just look great on the outside, and after a while you won't be able to tell the difference"”
    Bronwyn
  • “When you're on a road trip, life is all about the detours...”
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  • “The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren’t looking for them.
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  • it’s not about the destination. It’s getting there that’s the good part.
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  • You’ve got to have pride in your home. You are where you’re from. Otherwise, you’re always going to be lost.”
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  • There sometimes isn’t much difference between a knight’s quest and a fool’s errand.”
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  • “If you have to look any further than your own backyard to find your heart’s desire, you never really lost it to begin with?”
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  • It was like there was an elephant in the room. An elephant that expected us to have sex.
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  • I’d found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.
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  • But I think it only fair to warn you, all those songs about California lied. —The Lucksmiths
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First Sentence edit see section history

I sat on the front steps of my house and watched the beige Subaru station wagon swing too quickly around the cul-de-sac.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Morgan Matson (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: May 4, 2010
ISBN: 978-1416990659
Page Count: 352

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