Driver's Ed

Driver’s Ed was like so many things in school. If the parents only knew . . .
© Jane Feldman
Caroline B. Cooney is the author of Family Reunion; Goddess of Yesterday (an ALA Notable Children’s Book); The Ransom of Mercy Carter; Tune in Anytime; Burning Up; The Face on the Milk Carton (an IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Book) and its companions, Whatever Happened to Janie? and The Voice on the Radio (each of them an ALA Best Book for Young Adults), as well as What Janie FoundWhat Child Is This? (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults); Driver’s Ed (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Booklist Editors’ Choice); Among FriendsTwenty Pageants Later; and the Time Travel Quartet. She lives in Westbrook, Connecticut. View titles by Caroline B. Cooney
  • WINNER | 1997
    New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
  • WINNER | 1996
    Texas Lone Star Reading List
  • WINNER | 1995
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults
“A wrenching, breathlessly paced plot and an adrenaline-charged romance make Cooney’s latest novel nearly impossible to put down. . . . This modern-day morality tale is as convincing as it is irresistible.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred

“A poignant, realistic novel, with nicely drawn characters.”—Booklist, Starred

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

An ALA Quick Pick

A Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice

About

Driver’s Ed was like so many things in school. If the parents only knew . . .

Author

© Jane Feldman
Caroline B. Cooney is the author of Family Reunion; Goddess of Yesterday (an ALA Notable Children’s Book); The Ransom of Mercy Carter; Tune in Anytime; Burning Up; The Face on the Milk Carton (an IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Book) and its companions, Whatever Happened to Janie? and The Voice on the Radio (each of them an ALA Best Book for Young Adults), as well as What Janie FoundWhat Child Is This? (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults); Driver’s Ed (an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a Booklist Editors’ Choice); Among FriendsTwenty Pageants Later; and the Time Travel Quartet. She lives in Westbrook, Connecticut. View titles by Caroline B. Cooney

Awards

  • WINNER | 1997
    New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award
  • WINNER | 1997
    Washington Evergreen Young Adult Book Award
  • WINNER | 1996
    Texas Lone Star Reading List
  • WINNER | 1995
    ALA Best Books for Young Adults

Praise

“A wrenching, breathlessly paced plot and an adrenaline-charged romance make Cooney’s latest novel nearly impossible to put down. . . . This modern-day morality tale is as convincing as it is irresistible.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred

“A poignant, realistic novel, with nicely drawn characters.”—Booklist, Starred

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults

An ALA Quick Pick

A Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice

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