4 Cassettes When 15-year-old Daisy Pandolfi asks her father if she can repair his abandoned 1957 purple Volkswagen Beetle, he scoffs. "It's got an oil leak that's older than you are," he tells her. But with the help of the rest of her car-crazy family, she finally convinces him to let her try. Immersing herself in the job, Daisy develops an almost magical connection with the Beetle. If only she could transfer the comfort she feels with the car to the problems she has dealing with school, family, and boys. By insisting on doing everything on her own terms, is Daisy setting herself up for failure? In The Beetle and Me, Karen Romano Young brilliantly illuminates the precarious balance between the desire for independence and the need to accept help from those who love us. Narrator Julie Dretzin perfectly captures all the untuned confusion and excitement of adolescence. "An impressive debut with a quirky plot that lands a deft jab against gender stereotypes." --Publishers Weekly, starred review
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