Getting Sideways by Lisa Nowak

Getting Sideways by Lisa Nowak

Getting shipped off to live with his uncle Race was the best thing that ever happened to fifteen-year-old Cody. Then a wreck at the speedway nearly ruined everything. Cody's making every effort to get his life back on track, but there's no escaping the nightmares that haunt him. A chance to build his own car seems like the perfect distraction until Cody realizes he'll have to live up to Race's legendary reputation as a driver. But that's the least of his worries, considering he doesn't have his dad's permission. All he has to do is the impossible: keep his uncle in the dark until he can convince his dad racing's safe.

Yeah, sure. That'll be easy.

Lisa Nowak is a retired amateur stock car racer, an skilled cat whisperer, and a professional smartass, in addition to being a YA novelist. She creates coming-of-age stories about kids who meet mentors who love them for who they are and teach them to respect their own worth. She adores dark chocolate and stout beer, and she is continuously striving to incorporate wei wu wei into her life, despite the fact that the battle is an oxymoron in and of itself. Lisa doesn't have much spare time, but if she had, she'd spend it tending to her extensive perennial garden, watching medical dramas, going for long evening walks, and teaching her cats to play poker. She is not, and has never been, a diaper-wearing astronaut, for those who are curious. She and her husband live in Milwaukie, Oregon, with four feline companions and two gigantic sequoias.