Hooples on the Highway

By Stephen Manes

Book Overview

From the author of Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!How many things can go wrong on a summer vacation? The Hooples are about to find out!Alvin Hoople just can't wait to get to Philadelphia.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380699893
• ISBN13: 9780380699896
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

It's like having the best vacation of your life over again

I recently pulled this book off my shelf after many years. I remembered it was one of my favorites from when I was little, but I couldn't really remember why. So, while I was cooking dinner one night, I read it again. It didn't take long to remember why I loved it.It's the story of a family driving from New York to Philadelphia for a summer vacation. There's mom and dad, Alvin, Annie and her stuffed friend "Lambie". Alvin, a boy who's probably about 9 or 10, is the main character. He has a wild imagination that amazes you and makes you laugh. For example, he talks, as the family drives past some cows in a pasture, about how brown cows give us chocolate milk, black cows give us licorice flavored milk, and the white cows, who give us white milk, have to stay in the barn during the day, so they don't get sunburned--or else they'd give us strawberry flavored milk!But, this isn't just a boring car ride about the things the Hooples see on the side of the road, the family has many unplanned adventures. From the daring rescue of Lambie to the tour of the inside of a semi-truck, Hooples on the Highway is a great book that will activate the imagination of any child, and light up their parents' eyes as well.

Hooples on the Highway: A great book!

This book takes place while the Hooples are going on vacation. After their car "blows-up", and they get stranded, and miss the Phillies game, they feel bad. But it's not too late to make everything right! P.S. I know this book is out-of-print, and I got it from my school. Just try to get your hands on this cool book ASAP!