Preview — Notes from the Midnight Driver by Jordan Sonnenblick
From hot new talent Jordan Sonnenblick, a 'Tuesdays with Morrie' for teens.
16-year-old Alex decides to get even. His parents are separated, his father is dating his former third-grade teacher, and being 16 isn't easy, especially when it comes to girls. Instead of revenge though, Alex ends up in trouble with the law and is ordered to do community service at a senior center..more
Published October 1st 2006 by Scholastic Press
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Nov 06, 2010
karen rated it
really liked it Shelves: and-so-this-is-grad-school, why-yes-i-ya
'okay, can you show me on the dolly where the book touched you?'
this wasn't supposed to happen.
i mean, ugh - teen humor week?? i was expecting beavis and butthead, or the kind of stuff my high school boyfriend found funny, which is best left in the archives. i was only going to read one book from the list; the bare minimum, to give the old overachiever knob a rest, but i ended up reading three, and two of them were actually really good! but with each of them, i am pulling a caris (don't tell his..more
Dec 25, 2017Mrs.Morgan rated it it was amazing
Hands down, one of the best read-alouds I have ever done with my students. Wow! This book starts out with a bang! Within the first page or two I was quaking a little, wondering if I had just let them choose something completely inappropriate (that should have been my first clue that this book was going to be great!). But things settled down . mostly . and I think I can honestly say that my students enjoyed every minute of this, the same as me.
Jordan Sonnenblick is brilliant at building charact..more
Jun 11, 2012
Corey rated it
it was amazing · review of another edition
Recommended to Corey by: Abby Johnson
The cover of this book is deceptive. I expected it to be silly (it is at times) but I was frankly surprised at the levels of joy and sadness it stirs together. Called a 'Tuesdays with Morrie' for teens in the description, I feel like that doesn't do it justice. I am 13 years past my teens and this hit me like a ton of bricks.
I was told in advance by my girlfriend that this book made her laugh and cry, I thought,'yeah I'm sure I'll chuckle, I may get a bit choked up.' Long story short, she was r..more
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..more
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 100 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. This book is about a sixteen-year-old boy named Alex who gets sentenced to volunteer at an old peoples' home because he was drunk while driving. 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..more
Jul 15, 2016Agata Wilusz rated it it was amazing
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..more
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..more
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..more
May 31, 2014Joyce Yattoni rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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..more
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. And also, remember to read the Q&A in the bac..more
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? And got into his Mom's car and drove it up into some women's yard? Well since Alex did that, he had to do community service. He ended up working for a retirement home. He met this elderly man named Solomon Lewis, and boy at first they did not get along. The whole reason why Alex had to go to the retirement home was because he was supposed to learn a life lesson. But does he? Wha..more
Feb 15, 2019Jordan Hammond rated it really liked it
This book is definitely going in my top 10 books that I have read, It was an amazing story from the beginning Alex gets drunk while his mom is on a date and drives her car around and crashes into a lawn gnome. He then gets put into a home to help a person named Saul, and he is having problems with his breathing. Over time they become awesome friends, and he is a huge help for Alex. I recommend this book for anybody who wants a good funny story.
Have you ever wondered how would it be to be assigned to take care of a grumpy elder, who always insulted you in a language you did not understand? What if the reason why the elder insulted you was because he thought you were stupid and he wanted you to learn. Well in this book, Alex had that problem but he ended up learning valuable lessons from the grumpy elder and they became friends. The genre of this book is realistic fiction and the setting was in the home for the elders and Alex's school..more
This is one of the best books I've ever read even if it was a read allowed. It goes through many different aspects of a teenager's life and hits many parts of life and many different emotions all while keeping a plot that makes sense throughout the entirety of the book. It went from making me want to cry to wanting to laugh in just a sentence. parts of this book were completely hilarious but the message the end of the book made it even better.
This was one of my favorite books that I have had read to me. It was interesting with humor and twist through out the whole story. I encourage this book to be read no matter what genre you like because it was amazing.
Well, this definitely was a book.
My first impression was that the book was a bit. weird. It was kind of odd at the start, but then I started to get further into it. I was starting to enjoy it more, and I liked the process of how the book continued to make me laugh, and sometimes make me hold an umbrella inside.
Overall I thought the book was enjoyable, so ok.
Nov 17, 2017Kylie Herondale rated it really liked it · review of another edition
I see what they mean when they say this book is 'Tuesday's with Morrie' for teens. The character, Alex, really progresses immensely throughout the book. I also think I have progressed in who I am from reading this book. It was not the best book I have ever read. However, it was pretty good. I always thought Sol was very funny. Now, whenever I play a joke on someone, 'gotcha!' If you read the book, you would get it. Which is one of the reasons you should read it. It is a very heartfelt story abou..more
Mar 25, 2016Layla (Between the Lines) rated it it was ok · review of another edition
'We're all free to choose some people to love, and then do it.'
I tried reading this book in January but stopped halfway because it seemed so predictable, and frankly, I was bored out of my mind. This time around (I figured I should give it another shot), I was still bored out of my mind. All that I thought would happen, definitely happened. Love was found. Things were lost. Lessons were learned. There were some strong attempts at humour in this book but it was almost 'too much' to be considered..more
4 stars, (It was better then After Ever After story-wise in my opinion)
Except, yet again, I DIDN'T CRY. No matter what, Jordan Sonnenblick CANNOT for the life of me, make me cry, not even tear up.
The book was OK.. in the third-ish chapter of the book we find out that Alex plays guitar, and he doesn't play just ANY music. It's jazz! And he practices a lot in the basement.. now.. who does that sound like? Steven right? Steven Alper? Yes, the one from Drums girls and dangerous pie, also by Jord..more
Aug 14, 2018Emilee rated it really liked it
What a great book to help me get back into the habit of reading for fun! I absolutely loved this book. I connected with Alex pretty early in the book. After I finished this book, I read the back sleeve, where Jordan Sonnenblick explains that what this book idea started as was 'What if a good kid did a really bad thing and didn't take responsibility for it?' And that's totally was it was. Alex is a good kid, and a really funny kid, dealing with some hard things as a 16-year-old. And he coped/cope..more
at the start of the book, Alex Gregory is left home alone and gets into some alcohol where he later gets into his mother's car to drive to his dads where he wants to tell him off. on the way,
he crashes the car into his neighbors garden nome. he is told he will work at a nursing home for Solomon lewis an old frail man with a breathing problem. he is told he will work with him but at first, he does not like sol but he starts to like him. i personally liked this book because you actually begin to..more
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Awesome book! To start off, the author Jordan Sonnenblick is funny himself, meaning most his books are funny. Notes from the Midnight Driver is narrated about a boy named Alex who's parents get divorced, who's dad claimed that his mom asked him to leave. Alex thinks his dad is nonsense. In revenge, Alex chooses to get drunk on a Friday night, get in his moms car and drive to his Dad's house to yell in his face. Yet, instead of going to his Dad's, he crashes a lawn gnome. For punishment he has to..more
Apr 29, 2019Mr. Carmichael rated it it was amazing
Read this book for the first time as a read aloud. Picked this book as a read aloud for my 9th Grade English class. One class has finished, and four are still working through it. Alex is a character with flaws, growth, and humor. I am a sucker for a character with growth, and I was a huge fan of the ending. I found myself laughing out loud and often persuaded to 'read one more chapter,' because one, I'm a push-over, but also because I was enjoying the book too.
This book has something for everyo..more
This book made me laugh so many times but it also made me stop and think a few times. What stuff sol was going through made me think about how good some peoples lives are. I also could relate to the beginning of the book by being angry about a parent's divorce. This book was just a perfect mixture of all different things from comedy to romance. I definitely rate this 5 stars and I would read it again.
One of the better books I have read. This book takes you through parts of a teenager's life and hits the emotion of many characters. While the book progresses the teenager learns and grows up as a better human being. Here to there in this book, it has changed my emotion so many times, like at one point I'm almost heartbroken and then at others I'm as happy as can be. Out of the entire book, I can't get over the really good ending. Overall this book really teaches the character and the readers a..more
I loved this book! I have read other of Jordan Sonneblicks books before and I just loved this one. I started reading Jordan Sonneblicks books after he visited my school. Overall I love this book and I will read others books by him.
omg this made me cryyyyy
the blurb doesnt look that sad but the book is gosh
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I am the author of seven books for children and young adults, including Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie. So if youʼre looking for info about some other guy named Jordan Sonnenblick, youʼve got the wrong website.
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