Life is a highway... Fifteen-year-old Ramie Redfeather leaves Cheyenne with music in his pocket and his thumb in the air. He's looking to find his father, a man he's never met. Ramie gets a ride with Chas Sweeney, a seventeen-year-old driving a "borrowed" Cadillac Eldorado with Maryland tags, who just happens to be passing through Cheyenne. Chas is running away from the wreckage that is his world, sixteen hundred miles away. In Denver Ramie and Chas meet Mae B. LaRoux, an enchanting young singer from Baton Rouge. LaRoux, who struggles with a learning disability, is on a mission to become a professional musician. the three runaways band together and set out on a fast-paced road trip to get to the Austin Music Festival, looking for Refeather on the way. They're on the road -- but it ain't Jack Kerouac's road trip!
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From the Author:
Although Looking for Redfeather is about three runaway teenagers, I really wrote it for the kid inside me, who is always on the cusp of growing up but never quite making it. This is a twenty-first century homage to On the Road -- but it ain't Jack Kerouac's road trip.
The first draft of Looking for Redfeather was written in 30 days during National Novel Writing Month in 2007. It was a mad marathon and I tried to capture the heart and soul of the story (and catch a glimpse of Redfeather) but it was also very raw. It took nearly six years for the rewrites.
I listened to a lot of music while writing and editing. My son Matt wrote a song for my Redfeather playlist. It's called "Outlaw Trail" and is performed by his band Red Whiskey Blue. I've adapted Looking for Redfeather as a stage play.
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Fifteen-year-old Ramie Redfeather leaves Cheyenne with music in his pocket and his thumb in the air. He's looking to find his father, a man he's never met. Ramie gets a ride with Chas Sweeney, a seventeen-year-old driving a "borrowed" Cadillac Eldorado with Maryland tags, who just happens to be passing through Cheyenne. Chas is running from the wreckage that is his world, sixteen hundred miles away.
In Denver Ramie and Chas meet Mae B. LaRoux, an enchanting young singer from Baton Rouge. LaRoux, who struggles with a learning disability, is on a mission to become a professional musician. The three runaways band together and set out on a fast-paced road trip to get to the Austin Music Festival, looking for Redfeather along the way.
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- PublisherFiction House, Ltd.
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0989365301
- ISBN 13 9780989365307
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages227
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