Car Trouble

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Car Trouble
Author	Jeanne DuPrau
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Young adult
Publisher	HarperCollins
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)

Car Trouble is a novel by Jeanne DuPrau published in 2005 about a man named Duff Pringle who travels across the country for a future job.

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Duff Pringle is heading across the country, aiming for his new job in California. His used Ford Escort barely makes it a hundred miles from home before breaking down. Using his laptop , he pieces together a way to continue his trip. He meets several people along the way who help and hender his trip. There's Stu, a hitchhiker with a secret; Bonnie, an aspiring singer with a con artist for a mother; two thugs looking for a trunkful of cash; and Moony, a terrier dog prone to carsickness.

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