Notes From the Midnight Driver
by Jordan Sonnenblick is a book from the 2008-2008 TAYSHA list
Once I started reading this book I couldn't put it down. The story turned out to be totally different than what I had expected it when I read the first couple of chapters. The story is about a 16 year old boy named Alex who lives with his mom because his parents are divorced. His best friend Laurie, also comes from a divorced family but lives with her dad. On one of the nights that his mom when out on a date, Alex decides to get drunk and takes the car without permission. He ends up smashing into a plastic garden elf on top of someones lawn. After being interrogated at the police station, and stitched up at the hospital, a judge orders him to volunteer 100 hours at a nursing home. Once there he gets assigned to take care of an elderly man by the name of Solomon Lewis. At first Alex asked the judge to give him some other duties but by the middle of the story he ends up asking for more hours. Alex and Sol end up sharing more than just conversations.
Towards the end of the story I was practically in tears. This was such a GREAT story! Some chapters made me laugh, with the way Alex would say things and I love Mr. Lewis's character. This story had a little bit of what some teenagers can relate to: divorce, anger, resentment, forgiveness, and love. I highly recommend this book to all teenagers. The things that happened in the story are very realistic and maybe some of these things could have happened to you already.
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