Home Categories. Quotes from Notes from the Midnight Driver. Get the book. Before I Go to Sleep by S. The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot. Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews. The Opportunist by Tarryn Fisher. Alex is assigned to spend his hours with Mr. Solomon Lewis, or Sol, a cranky elderly man with emphysema. Meanwhile, Alex deals with his awkwardness at school and struggles to understand his budding feelings for his best friend, Laurie , a beautiful, athletic girl who hides her figure beneath goth clothing.
The novel moves towards conflict as Alex tries to do something nice for Sol by throwing a benefit concert. Alex works with talented teenage musicians Steve and Annette and begins changing his perspective on other people. Notes From the Midnight Driver eBook : Sonnenblick, Jordan: 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.
Story telling does not just happen in novels. Life lessons are gleaned in real life as well as in novels. It was published by Scholastic in Enlarge cover.
Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick. From hot new talent Jordan Sonnenblick, a "Tuesdays with Morrie" for teens. His parents are separated, his father is dating his former third-grade teacher, and being 16 isn't easy, especially when it comes to girls.
Instead of revenge though, Alex ends up in trouble with the law and is ordered to do community service at a senior center From hot new talent Jordan Sonnenblick, a "Tuesdays with Morrie" for teens. Instead of revenge though, Alex ends up in trouble with the law and is ordered to do community service at a senior center where he is assigned to Solomon Lewis, a "difficult" senior with a lot of gusto, advice for Alex, and a puzzling yet colorful Yiddish vocabulary.
Eventually, the pair learn to deal with their past and each other in ways that are humorous, entertaining, and life changing. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Notes from the Midnight Driver , please sign up. Is this appropriate for an 11 year old? Sierra yes, but there are a few parts that might need to be read with super vision.
See 2 questions about Notes from the Midnight Driver…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Notes from the Midnight Driver. Nov 06, karen rated it really liked it Shelves: why-yes-i-ya , and-so-this-is-grad-school. View all 40 comments. Dec 25, Mrs. Morgan rated it it was amazing Shelves: student-read-alouds , Hands down, one of the best read-alouds I have ever done with my students.
This book starts out with a bang! Within the first page or two I was quaking a little, wondering if I had just let them choose something completely inappropriate that should have been my first clue that this book was going to be great!
But things settled down.. Jordan Sonnenblick is brilliant at building charact Hands down, one of the best read-alouds I have ever done with my students. Jordan Sonnenblick is brilliant at building characters who have some chutzpah , who balance humor and depth effortlessly, and who feel like they could be current people in the reader's own life. As this text developed, I could not help but fall in love with Sol, a.
He is in a nursing home and slowly dying of emphysema, but man does he have spunk! You watch him very quietly teach Alex some major life lessons, and of course, Alex grows from them.
There is also no denying Alex's character development and how this angered and shallow boy manifests into someone who sees other's perspectives and all with a very different lens. And if there isn't already enough of a nod to Sonnenblick's ability to craft characters into something of perfection, looking at the secondary characters should complete the picture for you.
They were built with just enough meat to reinforce how real these "people" could be. I love when authors do that! Also, perhaps I am slow highly probable , but I did not see the connection at the end coming, until about 4 chapters out. Once I connected the dots, I completely stopped reading and looked at my students, my mouth agape, saying, "oh my God - I know how this books ends! It was epic. There is such a subtle way that Sonnenblick connects his characters ahem, Annette and Steven and relates them to other stories - those little nuances just make it all the better - and I know that this is absolutely a book that I will pick up with another class sometime soon.
View all 3 comments. The cover of this book is deceptive. I expected it to be silly it is at times but I was frankly surprised at the levels of joy and sadness it stirs together. Called a "Tuesdays with Morrie" for teens in the description, I feel like that doesn't do it justice. I am 13 years past my teens and this hit me like a ton of bricks.
I was told in advance by my girlfriend that this book made her laugh and cry, I thought,"yeah I'm sure I'll chuckle, I may get a bit choked up. I had belly laughs, I cried so much she asked if I needed to be alone for a minute.
The catch, I knew what was going to happen, from the beginning. These fictional characters felt real and their emotions passed to me. I sobbed through the final pages unable to remind myself that none of this was real, and yet it felt like it was. A quick read for a Sunday afternoon in pajamas, but fair warning, have tissues close at hand or your t-shirt is going to have a wet spot on the arm, from the dust that got in your eyes..
Feb 13, Avery rated it really liked it. This book was the first read aloud our ELA class read. The book didn't sound that good from when we picked it up at the start but as we started reading it I found it to be one of the best books that I've read.
As we went along in this book it was quite funny at different points and put a smile to my face. The book was about a boy named Alex and he made some life-changing mistakes. He went through a relationship with a man named Saul who was keeping some secrets from him. What will happen when Alex finds out? This story took an unexpected turn later on in the book. I recommend this book to anyone who likes young adult fiction and likes some humor scattered throughout the book. I rated this book 4 out of 5 stars.
Jan 25, MorganD rated it it was amazing. This book was really good. Our ELA class read this as a read aloud. It was funny and serious at the same time.
It was about this boy who was upset about his parents divorce, got drunk, took his mothers car and crashed. For his punishment he had to volunteer hours at this nursing home.
The person he is assigned to is very crochedy and mean. He ends up having a really good relationship with him and he learns a lot from the person he is taking of. I really liked it and I strongly recommend it.
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