![]() ![]() "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Book Details Seller Sort of 1 Books by Tom Townsend Davy Crockett: An American Hero Starting at 5.90 Dark Ships Starting at 1.86 Bubbas Truck Starting at 7.42 The Ballad of Ol Hook Starting at 10.00 See More Related Books Where the Pirates Are Starting at 8.95 Starting at 10.00 Starting at 8. Todd Morning, Schaumburg Township Public Library, ILĬopyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. The often overwrought novel ends with Bubba driving an old army truck in a Desert Storm victory parade and then suddenly dying of a heart attack as a lone bugle plays "Taps." Unfortunately, even teens who may overlook the stereotyped characters and enjoy the extreme melodrama of the novel will be turned off by the smudgy line-drawing illustrations and a title that is likely to appeal only to kids who like trucks or are named Bubba. The sometimes violent plot involves the murder of Megan's former boyfriend by an adolescent psychopath and her kidnapping and attempted murder. Hadley Irwin, The Original Freddie Ackerman. Grade 8-12- While war rages in the Persian Gulf, teenager Josh McCurry falls in love with a girl named Megan runs afoul of a local gang and meets some Vietnam vets, including Bubba, a physically and mentally broken man who won the Congressional Medal of Honor, but now wanders the town in a daze. Eight short reviews of childrens books (grades K-12), The Lorgnette, March 1993: Linda Allen, The Mouse Bride. ![]()
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