- Summary: Fin Easton is a character in a book. Well, at least he feels that way. His father wrote one best-selling book and a character with two different colored eyes, who suffers from epilepsy and has a unique scar is the lead. Coincidentally, these are all characteristics of Fin. His best friend is Cade Hernandez, a typical high school boy who loves baseball and sex. College is on the horizon, but Fin can’t seem to figure out who he is away from that character in the book. He soon falls in love with the new girl in town, Julia, and begins to take risks. Julia and Fin have a whirlwind love affair before suddenly moves back home. Cade and Fin take off to visit Oklahoma and the college they plan to attend together when suddenly they are jumping into a raging creek in the middle of a storm to save a grandfather and his grandson trapped in a car. Hero status helps open Fin’s eyes to new adventure and who he really is.
- Textbook: The setting of this novel is barren and haunted by a strange past. It isn’t the California of people’s expectations. Instead, It is a dessert-like canyon that was involved in a horrific dam break that caused many people to die and an entire town to be washed away. This is connected to Fin’s life because when he suffers from an epileptic seizure, he sees twin girls who died in the flood. He is haunted by them and struggles to figure out why. Also, Fin’s life is blank and boring because he feels stuck in the character of his dad’s book and unable to have his own adventures. Cade and Julia help drag him out of this show him adventure and life. This contrast of life and the setting keeps the reader engaged in the growth of Fin.
Smith, A. (2014). 100 sideways miles. New York, NY: Simon and Schuster.
Andrew Smith talks about his book 100 Sideways Miles.
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