If rock and roll were a machine
By: Terry Davis
Publisher: Simon & Schuster BFYR
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781481456333; 9781481456326; 9781481456340
Copyright date: 1992
Subjects: Identity (Philosophical concept); Juvenile fiction; Motorcycles; Schools; Authorship; Identity; Fiction; High schools; Individuality; School stories
Description: 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.
Notes: "Originally published in 1992 by Delacorte Press"--Title page verso.

Contains a sneak peek of Terry Davis's cult classic, Vision Quest.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Albert Bowden Gives His Word; title: 2. Parting Ways; title: 3. Bert Gives His Word Again; title: 4. Too Chickenshit to Live; title: 5. Everything Changes; title: 6. Bert Keeps His Word; title: 7. Scott Shepard Meets Bert's Father and Resolves to Return a Kindness; title: 8. Bert Keeps His Word Again; title: 9. Reflection; title: 10. Bowdenland; title: 11. Young Mr. Bowden; title: 12. Gramp and Gram; title: 13. Lucky Bert Bowden; title: 14."Though Much Is Taken, Much Abides"; title: 15. Peckered; title: 16. The Most Important Thing to Do with Bert Bowden; title: 17. Term of Endearment; title: 18. Camille Shepard Embraces His Father; title: 19. He Hath Borne Me on His Back a Thousand Times; title: 20. Not a Harley Guy; title: 21. The Second Best Thing; title: 22. Bert Joins the Club; title: 23. Bert Bashes His Head; title: 24. It Ain't Magic; title: 25. Waiver of Responsibility; title: 26. Letting It Go; title: 27. Phantom Pleasure, Phantom Pain; title: 28.A Norton Guy; title: 29. Bert Bowden Calling; title: 30. Young Mr. Bowden Strikes Back.