Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”My father first let me drive when I was twelvein the woods on old logging trails,only a couple times in townwhen he was over the limit.I drove in sheer terrornever crashednot even a scratch in the painthe was proud of meand that meant a lot.My mother never knewthat we forged a secret alliancein the middle of ourCold War nuclear-family meltdownso when it was time for herto teach me how to driveI faked it, pretendingI didn’t have a clue.earthbound, "directionally challenged," "practice," "cemetary girl," and "driven" from SHOUT by Laurie Halse Anderson, copyright © 2019 by Laurie Halse Anderson. Used by permission of Viking Children's Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. All rights reserved.