Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick, 2006
After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.
“It seemed like a good idea at the time. I was fully convinced that this was a brilliant plan. Not brilliant as in, ‘That was a brilliant answer you give in Spanish yesterday’ but more like, ‘Wow, Einstein, when you came up with that relativity thing, and it revolutionized our entire concept of space and time while also leading all of humankind into the nuclear age, that was brilliant!”
Some memory-jogging tags: Funny voice. Alex’s best friend is Laurie. Old man is Sol. Judge Judy. Lawn gnome. Drunk driving. Public performance. Benefit concert. Estrangement from child. Divorce. Reconciliation. Retribution.
MS Rating: Great
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