Book Review: Notes from the Midnight Driver

Book Review:  Notes from the Midnight Driver

by Jordan Sonnenblick

Recommended by Ryan Ernst

At the beginning of this story a boy named Alex. He is the type of boy that gets in a lot of trouble all the time. He also plays the guitar in his free time. His parents are divorced, but soon to get back together. His dad is his favorite and his mom he is not a big fan of. He also has a friend, Laurie that is very protective over him. Alex and she are best friends, he kind of wishes they were more than that.
                Alex was in a car crash because he was driving when he was drunk. He was also under age to drive or drink, so when the cops arrived at the Sean he was in a lot of trouble and had to go to court.  Instead of getting arrested he has to do 100 hours of community service.  So now he is stuck with this old guy, Solomon Lewis, for a long time. Alex finds out that Sol is kind of a stubborn man. He has a daughter that never comes to see him and he has a wife who is dead. Alex finds a way to keep Sol calm and that is to play his guitar. Sol teaches Alex how to play because he once played guitar. Later, Alex sets up a concert for him which went great, but he does a second concert and it might be Sol’s last.

Recommendation:  This is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone. It has great scenes and characters. This book will make you want to keep reading and never stop.

“I’m sitting here next to the old man’s hospital bed, watching the bright green line spike jiggle across the screen of his heart monitor.”