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Ernie Harding may have stolen Margie Kinnard's savings, but he didn't shatter her dreams of going to California to become a movie star. Help arrives from an unexpected source: Margie's long - lost father. Newly widowed, he's westward bound himself and offers Margie a ride. Soon after the two... read more

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  • Margie Kinnard: Main character. Dreams to be a movie star
  • Brady: Anna Maria's uncle
  • Anna Maria: Brian and Becky's daughter, adorable
  • Sugar: Flirty, disgusting, money hungry
  • Homer: vengeful, disgusting, bleh
  • Mona: Jody's sister, ridiculed and hated by Sugar (her "stepmother")
  • Jody: Mona's brother, fierce love and loyalty to his sister
  • Rusty: Blind son of Grace and Alvin. Great singer, in love with Mona
  • Grace: Kind woman, mother of Rusty
  • Alvin: Rusty's father
  • Deke: Old friend of Margie
  • Elmer: Margie's father who hates her guts
  • Goldie: (Only mentioned briefly but important) Elmer's second wife. Margie's kind of stepmother. Never met Margie.
  • Chester: Homer's Uncle
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SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO CALIFORNIA.

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 3 in Route 66 (Garlock). (standard series)

Preceded by Mother Road, and followed by Song of the Road.

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  1. Dorothy Garlock (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0446611697
Page Count: 448

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