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Up Country
Alden R. Carter, Victor Bevine, Listening Library
Audiobook (Listening Library, Feb. 20, 2018)A 100 "Best of the Best" ALA best books for young adults of the last 25 years, Up Country is a heart-wrenching, powerful story from an exceptionally talented writer. Carl knows he's playing with fire every time he fixes up a stolen car stereo to resell. But he needs the money; how else is he going to get away from his boozing mom and her endless parade of classy guys? Then one night his mother's drinking gets out of control and Carl's plan to get himself a decent life takes a nosedive. Sent to live with distant relatives far away from the life he has always known, Carl is faced with a decision: run away and stick with The Plan, or come up with a new one...fast.
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Up Country
Alden R. Carter
eBook (Speak, Sept. 9, 2004)A 100 "Best of the Best" ALA Best Books for Young Adults of the Last 25 Years, Up Country is a heart-wrenching, powerful story from an exceptionally talented writer. Carl knows he's playing with fire every time he fixes up a stolen car stereo to resell. But he needs the money; how else is he going to get away from his boozing mom and her endless parade of classy guys? Then one night his mother's drinking gets out of control and Carl's plan to get himself a decent life takes a nosedive. Sent to live with distant relatives far away from the life he has always known, Carl is faced with a decision: run away and stick with The Plan, or come up with a new one...fast.
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Up Country
Alden R. Carter
Paperback (Point, June 1, 1991)After his mother is arrested for a hit-and-run accident, sixteen-year-old Carl is sent to live with straight-laced, clean-living relatives who make Carl want to run away despite their obvious care for him. Reprint.
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Up Country
Alden R. Carter
Mass Market Paperback (Speak, Sept. 9, 2004)A 100 "Best of the Best" ALA Best Books for Young Adults of the Last 25 Years, Up Country is a heart-wrenching, powerful story from an exceptionally talented writer. Carl knows he's playing with fire every time he fixes up a stolen car stereo to resell. But he needs the money; how else is he going to get away from his boozing mom and her endless parade of classy guys? Then one night his mother's drinking gets out of control and Carl's plan to get himself a decent life takes a nosedive. Sent to live with distant relatives far away from the life he has always known, Carl is faced with a decision: run away and stick with The Plan, or come up with a new one...fast.
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Up Country
Alden R. Carter
Hardcover (Putnam Juvenile, June 2, 1989)When his mother's drinking problem causes him to spend several months with country relatives in upstate Wisconsin, sixteen-year-old Carl begins to build a new life for himself, only to see it threatened by a serious mistake from his painful past
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Up Country
Alden R. Carter
Library Binding (Rebound by Sagebrush, Nov. 16, 1998)None
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Up Country
Alden R. Carter
Library Binding (Demco Media, Jan. 1, 1999)When his mother's drinking problem causes him to spend several months with country relatives in upstate Wisconsin, sixteen-year-old Carl begins to build a new life for himself, only to see it threatened by a serious mistake from his painful past.
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Up Country
Alden R Carter
Hardcover (G P Putnam's, New York, New York, Aug. 16, 1989)None
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Up Country
Alden Carter, Victor Bevine, Penguin Group USA and Audible
Audible Audiobook (Penguin Group USA and Audible, )Carl knows he's playing with fire every time he fixes up a stolen car stereo to resell. But he needs the money; how else is he going to get away from his boozing mom and her endless parade of "classy guys"? Then one night, his mother's drinking gets out of control, and Carl's plan to get himself a decent life takes a nosedive. Sent to live with distant relatives far away from the life he has always known, Carl is faced with a decision: run away and stick with The Plan, or come up with a new one...fast.
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Up Country by Alden R. Carter
Alden R. Carter
Hardcover (Putnam Juvenile, Aug. 16, 1877)None
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Up Country
Alden R. Carter
Library Binding (San Val, Sept. 16, 2004)None
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Up Country Point Signature by Alden R. Carter
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Mass Market Paperback (Scholastic, )None