If Rock & Roll Were a Machine

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If Rock & Roll Were a Machine
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First edition
Author Terry Davis
LanguageEnglish
Genre Young adult novel
Publisher Delacorte Books (1992)
Eastern Washington University Press (March 2003)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages284 pp
ISBN 978-0-910055-86-4
OCLC 51330424
LC Class PZ7.D3177 If 2003
Preceded by Vision Quest  

If Rock & Roll Were a Machine is a young adult novel written by Terry Davis. It was first published in 1992 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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Plot summary

Albert "Bert" Bowen, 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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