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Language English Pages 284 pp Originally published 1993 Genre Young adult fiction Country United States of America | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1993 ISBN 978-0-910055-86-4 Preceded by Vision Quest OCLC 51330424 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Eastern Washington University Press; New Release (March 2003) Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Similar Vision Quest, A Long Road Home, The History of the Houston, The Automobile Accident, Roll Tide!: The Alabama | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
If Rock & Roll Were a Machine is a young adult novel written by Terry Davis. It was first published in 1993 and was re-released in a new edition in March 2003. Despite its title, it has little to do with machines and less to do with rock and roll: it primarily focuses on the central character's coming of age through the sport of racquetball.
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Ben, a high school junior, is still suffering from the lack of self-esteem he developed following criticism from his fifth-grade teacher. However, a developing interest in writing and racquetball and a new motorcycle, as well as support from understanding adults, help him discover who he really is.
The novel is set in the same high school as Vision Quest, but twenty years later.
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