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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: Teenager who loves acting and musicals. She's been struggling after her father died, her brother was sent to rehab, and she found out her mom was moving her across the country. She and Roger go on a cross-country adventure while she's heading to Connecticut and along the way have an epic detour.
  • Roger: The boy driving with Amy on the road trip set up by Amy's mother. He and Amy turn their dull road trip into an adventure. He likes root beer and is in charge of the playlists during their trip.
  • Charlie Curry: Amy's twin brother who's currently in rehab in North Carolina. Drug addict whose addiction got worse after their father's death.
  • Lucien Armstrong: Hadley's younger brother. He is a really sweet southern guy, who is really good at sculpting animals out of shrubs with a chainsaw.
  • Drew "Cheeks": One of Roger's college friends, who convinces Roger and Amy to go to a fast-food joint with "crumby" burgers
  • Bronwyn: A friend of Roger's who attends Colorado College who has a great fashion sense. Without Amy's knowledge, she swaps out all Amy's clothes for an entirely new wardrobe.
  • Hadley Armstrong: Roger's ex-girlfriend who broke up with him with no explanation or reason why.
  • Walcott: A friend of Cheeks. Mows the golf course in the middle of the night and has a band called, "The Henry Gales."
  • Michael: Amy's ex-boyfriend. A college guy.
  • Julia: Amy's best friend who moved to Florida a few years ago. Amy still hasn't told her about her father's death, because that "would make it real somehow."
  • Benjamin Curry: Amy's father who died in a car accident three months earlier. He loves Elvis and was a history proffesor.
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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...”
  • “Mistakes become regrets.”
  • “Thinking of all the lyrics that had just always been part of my life, all the songs i'd known without even remembering learning them.”

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

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  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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