Drive

Written by Joyce Moyer Hostetter

Narrated by Suzy Jackson and Sandy Rustin

World War II is over, but the Honeycutt family is still feeling its devastating effects. Especially Daddy, who can’t forget what he saw on the battlefield and sometimes can’t cope with everyday life. Fourteen-year-old Ellie Honeycutt finds
escape at the NASCAR speedway and in her dreams of travel and college. Her twin sister, Ida, clings to family and finds solace in her sketchbook. Once inseparable, the two sisters find themselves growing apart with the start of high school. They
make different friends, take different classes—and unfortunately fall for the same charming classmate. Can Ellie and Ida renew their deep bond while finding their own separate drives in life?

In this fourth addition to the acclaimed Bakers Mountain Stories, Joyce Moyer Hostetter once again brings to life the quiet town of Hickory, North Carolina, and its residents, exploring the close ties of family and friends against the backdrop of
the nuclear arms race, the Korean War, polio scares, and the 1952 presidential election.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Nov 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9781705080023

Reviews for Drive

[fingerpost_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A few years have passed since the previous books in the Bakers Mountain series. Ida and Ellie Honeycutt, the twins, are now starting high school. Ida is an introvert, quiet and artistic, while Ellie is an extrovert, ambitious and fun-loving. For the first time in their lives, they head in somewhat different directions at high school, taking some different classes and finding different friends, but unfortunately, falling for the same boy. Their father, Leroy, is still struggling with PTSD from what he witnessed in World War II. Hearing constant news about the Korean War and atomic bomb development isn't helping him at all. The Hickory Motor Speedway opens, and there's a new form of entertainment in the area, which Ellie loves, but Ida and her father loathe. Though Ann Fay, Junior, little Jackie, and Leroy all have their roles, this book is primarily about the twins.Chapter 37 is the shortest chapter I've ever read in any book. It was also one of the most powerful.