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The Year of the Jeep Hardcover – April 15, 1968

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By taking gardening jobs, catching bats and thieves, diving for bricks in a swimming pool, and inciting the interest of some helpful friends, a young boy makes his daydream of owning a jeep come true.

Language

English
Publisher

Viking Juvenile
Publication date

April 15, 1968
Grade level

7 - 9
Dimensions

20 x 20 x 20 inches
ISBN-10

0670793574
ISBN-13

978-0670793570
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Viking Juvenile (April 15, 1968)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0670793574
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0670793570
Grade level ‏ : ‎ 7 - 9
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.47 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20 x 20 x 20 inches

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Nostalgic

Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2023

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I read this book probably in the late 80's for a 8th grade book report. Now 3 decades later I recently bought a old jeep , was thinking about the book, found a copy , read it again. It's a great story and takes you back to a simple time about a couple kids on a adventure while on summer vacation.

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Bruce Breckenridge

Impressions after re-reading this book 38 years later!

Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2008

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Well, Moik, someone did read your review! I was contemplating the purchase, but after the 3rd paragraph of your review I was spending the money.

In the fall of 4th, 5th & 6th grade, 1969-1971, I read the book, loving every page. For years, I've shared with others that it was my favorite book as a child. I've often wondered what it would be like to read it again. When it arrived, I was astonished to find that I had purchased a school book, complete with the little check-out card in the holder inside the back cover. The lines were empty - no one had checked out the book! I felt like I should sign and date it! I polished off the 1st two chapters and smiled. Yep! As good as I remembered.

It's a very easy read, made for an Elementary or Jr. High student. Pages seem to fly by. I'm glad I bought the book. I just may read it next year again!

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Greg M

Year of the jeep

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2013

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I read this book in grade school and I loved it so much I never forgot the story and was happy that I can find the book again thanks to amazon .com. This book is what got me interested in jeeps and still am to this very . If you have a child or if you are interested in jeeps , I think you will enjoy this book and just the story alone is a realy nice story to read that any child can read without the thought of worrying if anything in this book is not fit for a child to read . This book is a very noise clean story that anyone will enjoy without fear of impurity . I recommend this book to anyone .

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B. D.

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2016

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Inspired a Life Long Love of Jeeps

Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2015

I think I was about 10 the first time I read this book. However, the story and Cloud's love of Jeeps stuck with me over the years and subconsciously played a significant role in my purchase of an old beat up CJ-7 about 20 years later. I rebuilt that Jeep from the wheels up and my (very young at the time) son and I spent many years riding around in it with the top down. That same son is 19 years old now and just purchased a Jeep of his own. He also asked if he could have my copy of this book to read. So I feel like things have come full circle.

I honestly don't know if I would have gravitated toward a Jeep had I not read this book - and I doubt that my son would have without my influence. So my sincere thanks to Keith Robertson for inspiring a second and third generation of Jeep lovers.

As for the book itself? It's okay. It's not exactly award winning youth literature but it's entertaining in its own right. What makes it great is that the subject matter simply speaks to some kids. I was one of them.

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Clayton Emery

Fun book about friendship, jeeps, and endless summers

Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2012

Since no one else describes the plot... The hero is a teenage boy crazy about cars, especially old jeeps - back in the days when you could repair cars. He's asked to escort around a new kid, a Chinese-American who loves to pull the old "Charlie Chan" routine on unsuspecting people. Anyway, exploring, they find an abandoned farm and in the barn, an old jeep! The hero works at getting it running, which takes some cash, so he and his friend take odd jobs that sometimes work and sometimes fizzle. Like, not a good idea to bring all the bats you captured in an attic to a downtown lecture. They have friends in the neighborhood, all busy, and get some helpful advice from adults. He finally gets the jeep running, but then learns the farm and its contents(!) are to be auctioned off. After more misadventures and the intercession of his friends, and even some adults, all ends well. So mostly it's a book about making and being a friend, bumbling through life and learning on the fly, and how wonderful it was to spend lazy summers just clunking around. For ages 8 to 80. Note this book was published as just "The Jeep" by Scholastic, so there are plenty of copies floating around.

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chaosweb

Classic coming of age story

Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2014

I enjoyed this book when it first came out, and bought it for my son to read. I think this is a great chapter book for a 10 year old boy to read. Great characters, interesting plot, and just enough suspense to make it very fun without being off-putting. The complexity of the adversity that needs to be overcome, and the story of a boy being treated as an adult for the first time, and given responsibility for his own actions, make this a great coming of age story that rings true. While it is set in a more rural setting of an America pre-Vietnam, the environment is not so foreign that it is unrecognizable.

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