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The Outside Groove

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Casey LaPlante wanted nothing to do with racecar driving. What was so impressive about making a bunch of left turns, one after another? But from what she had seen as the sister of Fliverton’s newest stock-car hero, Wade “the Blade” LaPlante, her whole town was interested in little else. Next to her brother, she felt invisible. Even her parents seemed to ignore her athletic victories and academic successes. With so much of her family’s income being poured into Wade’s racing career, she wasn’t even sure her parents would help pay her college tuition.
So one late-April evening, Casey decides to get behind the wheel and claim a little of the attention she had been denied. After all, how hard could racecar driving be? But as the first female driver at Demon’s Run racetrack, she finds getting up to speed more challenging than she’d expected. Casey soon discovers there’s more to stock-car racing than driving around in circles, and more to winning than being first to cross the finish line. Action and suspense run high as Casey navigates some tight corners, on and off the track, showing everyone—especially herself—just what she’s made of.
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    • Booklist

      September 15, 2006
      Seventeen-year-old Casey LaPlante thinks she wants nothing to do with race-car driving, but she begins to tire of the invisibility she feels next to her brother, Wade, a stock-car hero. Casey also faces the frustration of not being able to attend the college of her choice and pursue a career as a conservationist because her family pours so much money into Wade's racing. Casey shocks her brother and father when she announces that, with the help of her uncle Harvey, she is going to be the first female driver at the Demon's Run racetrack. Racing puts Casey on a full course of self-discovery, in which she realizes important things about herself and her family. Strong descriptions of racing action and the well-integrated story of Casey's internal conflicts make for both an entertaining and interesting read that helps fill the void of good sports fiction with female protagonists.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2006, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2006
      Twelfth-grader Casey feels invisible compared to her rising-star brother Wade, defending champion at the local raceway. To compete with Wade and to gain her parents' respect, Casey takes up racing with a passion, overcoming challenges and becoming noticed on- and off-track. Inspired by a true story, this first-person narrative features exciting action, crisp dialogue, but a predictably message-heavy conclusion.

      (Copyright 2006 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • English

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  • ATOS Level:5.6
  • Lexile® Measure:950
  • Interest Level:9-12(UG)
  • Text Difficulty:4-6

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