Hey Mom, Can I Ride My Bike Across America?: Five Kids Meet Their Country
Editorial Reviews
Growing Without Schooling Volume 85
I had read the book from cover to cover and was asked to review it. I glanced through to refresh my memory, meaning to just dip in and look at short passages. I began reading, was dragged under and continued reading for a half an hour. It is very similar to a fictional adventure novel, except it's real. The people in the group weather a tornado, ride through snow storms and extreme heat, yet still make it to their goal.
From reading this book I have learned about all kinds of people - country folk, city folk, blacks, whites, southerners, northerners . . . The book is a narrative in the first person about an experience that you probably not be able to have, but if your mom won't let you ride your bike across America, reading this book is the next best thing.
Taylor Rifkin, SBMS Review Spring 1996
"What if I rode my bike across America?" These kids were just like me, and I wondered if I could be so strong. I wondered if I would quit or keep pedaling because I promised I would. It was a giant decision with a lot of importance that these kids had to make. Could they do it? Would soggy, tasteless oatmeal push their aching legs through another town, around another bend, across another lonely mile? I wished that I was in those hot springs celebrating the end of my journey. I hoped I could say I'd lived off what could fit on my bike and nothing else but a dream . . . .
I really loved this book. Filled with places I wish I could visit and things I wish I could do, it took me to a magical place in my mind and heart.
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