If Rock & Roll Were a Machine

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If Rock & Roll Were a Machine
Author Terry Davis
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Young adult novel
Publisher Eastern Washington University Press; New Release (March 2003)
Publication date 1993
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 284 pp
ISBN ISBN 978-0910055864
Preceded by Vision Quest

If Rock & Roll Were a Machine is a young adult novel written by Terry Davis. It was first published in 1993 and was re-released in a new edition in March 2003.

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  • Annotation - The guidance of two adults and his interest in motorcycles and writing help high school junior Bert Bowden regain the sense of self that had been destroyed by his fifth-grade teacher.
  • From the Publisher - Terry Davis' If Rock & Roll Were A Machine offers us a priceless gift; Bert Bowden, an everyteen caught poignantly in the throes of becoming himself and torn by the task of breaking away from his loving-but-confused parents. It is the old story made new once again in the roar of Harleys, the pulse-like throb of an R & B baseline, and the silence of adolescent solitude. The story teaches us once again that the pain of "coming of age" is the purchase price of mature joy.

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