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Hey Mom, Can I Ride My Bike Across America? : Five Kids Meet Their Country by John S. Boettner List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $14.95 You Save: $0.00 (0%) Availability:Usually ships within 24 hours. Paperback (October 1990) Sbf Productions; ISBN:0962570761 Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 4

Synopsis I had read the book from cover to cover and was asked to review it. I glanced through to refresh my memory, meaning to just dip in and look at short passages. I began reading, was dragged under and continued reading for a half an hour. It is very similar to a fictional adventure novel, except it's real. The people in the group weather a tornado, ride through snow storms and extreme heat, yet still make it to their goal. From reading this book I have learned about all kinds of people - country folk, city folk, blacks, whites, southerners, northerners . . . The book is a narrative in the first person about an experience that you probably not be able to have, but if your mom won't let you ride your bike across America, reading this book is the next best thing. Taylor Rifkin, SBMS Review Spring 1996 "What if I rode my bike across America?" These kids were just like me, and I wondered if I could be so strong. I wondered if I would quit or keep pedaling because I promised I would. It was a giant decision with a lot of importance that these kids had to make. Could they do it? Would soggy, tasteless oatmeal push their aching legs through another town, around another bend, across another lonely mile? I wished that I was in those hot springs celebrating the end of my journey. I hoped I could say I'd lived off what could fit on my bike and nothing else but a dream . . . . I really loved this book. Filled with places I wish I could visit and things I wish I could do, it took me to a magical place in my mind and heart. Fran Measley, English Teacher July 1996 Were I teaching high school American Lit today, I would want my students to do a comparative study of Huckleberry Finn and Hey Mom . . . In both books the main characters journey into inner maturity, and their dealings with the people they meet along the way reflect at once the characters of both travelers and natives. You've captured a poignant phase of life for both parent and child. No one can read without experiencing the age-old feelings of kids eagerly trying their wings and of parents painfully fretting. Both you and Twain know how to keep a reader so eager to read the next chapter . . . an ability I could never teach. I read until 3 AM the day I received your book. What an adventure! What a superior book! THANKS! Book Description Dead Poets Society meets Stand By Me as 5 real 12- and 13-yr.-olds ride their bicycles 5,000 miles across America. They want to see if their country is as wonderful as their teacher says it is.