Getting Nowhere

by Constance C. Greene

A fourteen-year-old who feels betrayed by his father's remarriage and who is the butt of some pranksters' jokes becomes filled with a hostility that permeates all his relationships and carries him into a near-tragedy.

125 pages, Paperback

First published October 3, 1977

About the author

Born on October 27th, 1924, Constance C. Greene, the daughter of newspaper reporters, published A Girl Called Al (Viking, 1969) the story about a very intelligent girl who is an under-achiever and latch key kid, although Greene says that at the time of the writing the term wasn't being used yet. Al was a likable character and other books followed.

One of Greene's most popular books, Beat the Turtle Drum (Viking 1976), came from personal experience. At the age of eleven, Greene's sister died. The story relates how a young girl learns to cope with the accidental death of her sister. The book was adapted for television in 1976 as Very Good Friends and was shown on the ABC After-school Special.

Greene also wrote other juvenile and adult novels, among them Nora: Maybe a Ghost Story and Isabelle the Itch.

—Leslie Greaves Radloff

Reviews

[John F · Rating 4 out of 5]

I gave this book a 4 star rating because i personaly dont read vary much and usualy never stick with a book thet im reading unless its a really good book. this book keeps you thinking and you never know whats gonna happen next. It kinda reminds me of now days. Where kids know they did something wrong and there parents find out about it. So the parents ask them about it but you dont want to tell them u did it or were apart of it bacause you will get in trouble.