| Electric Dreams Contributor(s): Kettlewell, Caroline (Author) |
|||
 |
ISBN: 0786714859 ISBN-13: 9780786714858 Publisher: Da Capo Press
Binding Type: Paperback Published: January 2006 Annotation: "Electric Dreams" offers drama built on marvelous small-town characters, and a story of never-say-die invention which would make North Carolina's other pioneers, the Wright Brothers, proud. |
||
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Automotive - History - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Transportation | Automotive - Antique & Classic |
| Dewey: 629.229 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.64" W x 8.8" L (0.84 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
| Features: Ikids, Price on Product |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 105736 Reading Level: 8.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Eric Ryan is sent by Teach for America to a hard scrabble high school in the heart of North Carolina's NASCAR country, one of the many things he didn't count on was Harold Miller sticking his head into his class one morning and announcing, Hey Mr. Ryan, we're gonna build an electric car. Two regional utilities had challenged a group of elite schools throughout the South to design and build battery-powered electric vehicles. Although Ryan's underprivileged high school had not even been on the list, somehow Miller had managed to squeak them in and onto an adventure which not only began to take over the lives of Ryan, Miller, and a local engineer named George Hawkins, but an unexpected group of kids with no visible resources, know-how, or expectations. With an ancient Ford Escort rescued from the compacter, a few hundred pounds of scavenged golf cart batteries, a local minor league NASCAR driver as coach, and the local constabulary looking the other way as the reborn Shocker began careening over back roads on test runs, the kids (barely) get their pasted together dark horse to the big contest in Richmond, and then, naturally, win the whole thing. |
| Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review |
| To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First! |
Copyright © 2024 TheReadingWarehouse.com