Fourteen-year-old Terry Anders has been abandoned by his parents. He has no choice but to go on, and he begins by assembling pieces of a kit car from his father's garage. When he finishes the car known as "the Cat, " Terry sets out from Cleveland to Portland to search for an uncle he hardly knows. Along the way Terry picks up a wandering Vietnam vet who ultimately guides him on a journey of discovery and survival.
- ISBN10 0440910447
- ISBN13 9780440910442
- Publish Date 1 March 1995 (first published 30 March 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 7 April 2023
- Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Format Paperback (US Mass Market)
- Language English