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[[image:478515.jpg width="122" height="192" align="right"]]//No Right Turns// by Terry Trueman
Young Adult Fiction

=__Summary__=

This book is about a 16 year old boy named Jordan. In the beginning of the book Jordan’s dad kills himself. This leads to Jordan looking through his dads’ stuff, when he comes about a few magazines about fast sports cars. Jordan finds this weird because his dad always said that people who have those cars are show offs and trying to impress people. Later on that day Jordan’s mom has a date with a guy named Don who happens to have a 1976 Corvette Stingray. Over the next few weeks Jordan falls in love with the car especially when don takes him for a ride in it. Jordan decides he must drive the car, and now every once and a while Jordan takes his car without him knowing. Jordan gets a girl to like him because of this, she thinks the car is his and only really likes him because of the car. Jordan needs to pass the car as his. Read the book to find out what sort of trouble he gets in to because of this hole he dug himself in to.

=__ About The Author __=

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== Terry Trueman was born in Birmingham Alabama. He is 63 years old and has for college he attended the University of Washington; he got his B.A in c creative writing. Right now terry lives in Spokane Washington, with his wife, Pati. One of Terry's Hero’s is the poet Charles Bukowski. Some of his hobbies include his 1976 Corvette Stingray and his Sea Ray boat. He has a son Sheehan whom he wrote a book about, called //Stuck in Neutral.// This book has won many awards including Isinglass Teen Book Award in 2001 and from 2004 to 2005 it won Iowa Teen Award Nominee. The book I read, //No Right Turns// is about a 1976 Corvette Stingray, I believe that the fact the terry has a Corvette stingray and loves it contributed to his writings in this book. == == For more information click [|Here] and [|Here] ==

= __ Other Works by Terry Trueman __ =

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 * //Cruise Control//**
 * //Hurricane//**
 * //7 Days at Hot Corner//**

= __ Social Issue __ = = ﻿There are a few different social issues in the book //No Right Turn// but one that i think would relate to people a year older than me is teenage wreckless driving. I chose to write about this social issue because in the book Jordan drives away from the cops this could or could not lead to a car crash. Roughly 35,000 American teens have died in automobile crashes in the past five years. That’s 6,000 per year, 18 per day. Also, Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens, accounting for 36% of all deaths in this age group. Over 75% of teens admit to texting while driving which makes you 4 times as likely to crash. Nearly half of teens admit to driving at leats 10 MPH over the actual speed limit, this is vey unsafe and could lead to some very bad things. Only 65% of teens always put their seatbelts on when they enter a car, this leaves 45% of teens more likely to die or get injured badly in a car accident. = = I got my information from :  = =[]= =[]=

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My name is joe Slyman i am 15 years old and i go to Gahanna Lincon High School. I play on the high school hopckey team as a goalie and I love it. Some of my hobbies include playing hockey, lacrosse, hanging out with friends and sleeping. When i graduate High School i want to go to college preferibly The Ohio State University or Ohio University. I hav a sistier who attends OSU and she likes it. I also have a cousin who goes to OU and he likes it there to.
 * __ About the Reader __**

Dramatization of the Book //No Right Turns// If i were to make a movie off of the book no right turns i would use.... Mathew Broderick As jordadan because in the movie //Farris Buellers Day Off// he plays a charecter who is interested in his friends dads car.

Vin Diesel because in the movie //The Fast and Furious// he plays a charecter who is car driver who races.