Sol compliments Alex on how hard he worked; Alex takes offense, wishing Sol would call him talented too. Alex accuses Sol of playing better than him and of keeping his talent a secret. Sol continues by explaining some highlights of his knowledge and then has to pause to breathe.
In response, Sol tells Alex a long narrative about his life as a touring musician. Sol met his wife, Ethel, who Laurie reminds him of, and he had to adjust when they had a daughter, Judy, together. After she left, she was killed by a drunk driver.
But as soon as Judy grew old enough, she moved out and refused contact with her father. Notes From The Midnight Driver. The guide themes, chapter outlines and character summaries are more detailed than other sites. The information is chapter specific and so it's easy to target certain things. Access Full Guide Download Save. Featured Collections. Realistic Fiction High School Music. Chapters This book was the first read aloud our ELA class read. The book didn't sound that good from when we picked it up at the start but as we started reading it I found it to be one of the best books that I've read.
As we went along in this book it was quite funny at different points and put a smile to my face. The book was about a boy named Alex and he made some life-changing mistakes. He went through a relationship with a man named Saul who was keeping some secrets from him. What will happen when Al This book was really good.
Our ELA class read this as a read aloud. It was funny and serious at the same time. It was about this boy who was upset about his parents divorce, got drunk, took his mothers car and crashed. For his punishment he had to volunteer hours at this nursing home.
The person he is assigned to is very crochedy and mean. He ends up having a really good relationship with him and he learns a lot from the person he is taking of. I really liked it and I strongly recommend it.
This book had many suprises from him getting drunk and running over a gnome, to his dad cheating on his mom with his teacher. But overall it was a great book. The main character has to do community service with an grumpy old man. But then realizes it's not as bad as he thought.
But near the end there is a big suprise to the readers, that you can see coming. Notes From the Midnight Driver is such a laugh-out-loud-until-your-sides-hurt type of funny. Once he starts volunteering at the home, he really hates it. The man he must visit with, Mr. Solomon Lewis, is an irritable, stubborn Yiddish man who constantly insults Alex in the foreign language.
Alex and Sol Mr. Lewis start to build a bridge through Jazz m What a great story and lesson that we can all benefit from. Unless I missed some details, I didn't think Alex was as bad of a kid as the other characters let on towards the end of the book, however the change in his attitude towards his community service was very evident in the letters he write to the judge.
Sonnenblick does a great job adding subtle details and pieces of foreshadowing that made this book so fun to read. The addition of character from his other novel is brilliant and creates a l This book is my favorite read aloud book so far. Even though it is sad I still liked it.
My favorite character honestly is Sol. He is such a great character. When I first heard of it, I was like this book isn't going to be that good, but when we first started it, I was mesmerized. I am so glad that we got to read this book. When Alex gets drunk and goes out for a drive his life will be changed forever. When Alex drunk drives and knocks over a garden gnome he gets sent to court for a community service project. However when Alex meets his new 'buddy' Saul, Alex isn't very happy.
Over his time at the home he gets to know him better and figures out why he is so stubborn. When Alex finds out that Saul's wife was killed because of a Drunk driving he figured out why he was so stubborn. Alex also finds out that he has a dau I actually really enjoyed this book! I was surprised at the development of the characters. The main character Alex makes a stupid decision to drink alcohol and get drunk, then he takes his mom's car and crashes into the neighbor's lawn gnome.
Alex is sentenced to send his time working with a difficult man at the nursing home named Saul. Saul doesn't seem like the friendliest of people to care for. Meanwhile Alex is battling with the at home struggles of his mom dating again, his best friend, Lor Cute story about adolescents having a great friendship then all of a sudden adolescence truly catapults these young ones into the awkward stage.
I enjoyed how Alex after spending months in the nursing home befriending an elderly gentlemen he finally gets that it isn't always about him. The story makes me appreciate even more kids who have musical talent. The only reason I don't give a 5 star rating is because statistically speaking it isn't very common for divorced parents to get back together a Alex is a good kid, but he gets himself into trouble. Laurie is his best friend, but he's developing some other feeling for her.
He doesn't realize this until later. His parents are divorced and trying hard to not make Alex's life miserable. Because of Alex's 'indecent', he has to work at the nursing home. That is where he meets Sol. Sol is a resident at the home. He gives Alex a hard time, but tough love, right. I defiantly recommend this book.
Alex has a pretty hard life. His parents are divorced and he doesn't know really what to do. Is that why he got drunk?
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