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Two teenagers in love and insane journey across the United States in this Bonnie and Clydelike adventure pursuing a warped American dream where Elvis is still king and the corn dog is the backbone of this great country

There is a typo on page 14 Other than that this book is perfect Bill Callahan

He told her he was a onewoman man and she was it for him Teal said that was good because he was it for her It and It Both of them were It

Kody Rawlee Green is stuck in juvie Tella Teal Cartwheels Carticelli is packing her bags for Romeon the orders of her parents who want her as far from Kody as possible But teenage love is too strong a force for the obstacles of reality And the highway beckons

Leaving their abusive pasts behind them in Jersey Kody and Teal set off on a crosscountry road trip equal parts selfdestruction and selfdiscovery making their way one stolen car at a time toward bigger wider bluer skies Along the road of course theres time to stop at Graceland classic diners a fairgrounds that smells of pony shit and kettle corn and time for runins with outsize personalities like the reincarnated Grand Canyon tour guide Dead Bob and the spurious Montana rancher Bill Gold On their heels all the while is Teals brother Neil Carticelli whos abandoned his post in the navy to rescue the sister he left behind But does she really need saving

These all too American tropes find new expression in Bud Smiths own freewheeling prose filling Teenager with humor poetry and a joy thats palpable in every unforgettable sentence