CARS: The Junior Novelization

by Lisa Papademetriou

Lightning McQueen is a hot-shot young race car on his way to becoming a national champion . . . until he gets impounded in Radiator Springs. Now McQueen can only spin his wheels, thinking about the big race he’s going to miss. But if McQueen can open his heart to small town life, the townsfolk of Radiator Springs just might teach him that being a champion has more to do with heart than crossing the finish line first.

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2006

About the author

Bestselling author Lisa Papademetriou is the author of the 'Confectionately Yours' series, 'Middle School: Big, Fat Liar' and 'Homeroom Diaries' (both with James Patterson), and many other novels for middle grade and young adult readers. Her books have appeared on the Bank Street Best Books of the Year list, the NYPL Books for the Teen Age, and the Texas Lone Star Reading List, among others. A former editor, Lisa has worked for Scholastic, HarperCollins, and DisneyPress, and holds an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts. HarperCollins will publish her next novel, 'A Tale of Highly Unusual Magic', in October 2015.

Reviews

[Jessica Esteban · Rating 3 out of 5]

Remember reading it when I was a little girl who cannot afford to watch a movie. Now that I've already watched it, seems like my reading imagination isn't the same as what I watched, years later after I bought the book.

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

Listened to this on Audible about 30,000 times because of my two year old. Enough times to get picky about the writing and accuracy to the movie but, hey, it’s good enough to listen to 30,000 times and not be too bothered so that’s a win in my book.

[Omth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good could've been better tho.

[Anthony Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hearing my son quote this book as he listens to it is a gift.

[Dillon · Rating 3 out of 5]

to be honest

[BigBrother]

Cars was very good. The main character was Lightning McQueen. The problem is McQueen loses his pit crew. They fix it by getting a new pit crew. I learned that races have laps.