Read the excerpt from "Shout: A Poetry Memoir.”My mother never knew that we forged a secret alliance in the middle of our Cold War nuclear-family meltdown so when it was time for her to teach me how to drive I faked it, pretending I 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.