book cover of Hooples On the Highway
 

Hooples On the Highway

(1978)
(The first book in the Hooples series)
A novel by

 
 
From the author of Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days!, here's the story of the wildest family road trip ever . . .

How many things can go wrong on a summer vacation? The Hooples are about to find out!

Alvin Hoople just can't wait to get to Philadelphia. He'll see the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and the U.S. Mint, where rumor has it they give out free samples. Better yet: a Phillies baseball game. It's Bat Night, where every fan gets a full-sized souvenir!

The trip is fun at first, with Monsterburgers, Mr. Clam, and cows that give chocolate milk all part of what looks like a great vacation. But once the Hooples get on the superhighway, everything seems to go wrong. Alvin's little sister Annie keeps losing Lambie, her favorite stuffed toy. The weather threatens to get everybody all wet. And then there's the worst problem of all: car trouble.

A ride in a tow truck is definitely a hoot, but it's no Phillies game. Will things ever get back to normal? And will Alvin get his souvenir bat at the end of the most hilarious car trip ever?

Drive in and see!


Genre: Children's Fiction

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