JOHN FASTRAMP AND THE DAKOTA 3000 CHALLENGE children's fiction
Jason Alter
Reading like a chapter book version of the old Speed Racer cartoon from the 1960s, John Fastramp and the Dakota 3000 Challenge is more than just the story of a road race across country or around the world. It is a race that takes John and Tom and their adversaries through another dimension to outer planets where the road itself can become the enemy, and where aliens from outer space have a vested interest in the race’s winner.
John Fastramp and his friend Tom Quickspeed were no strangers to extraordinary races. But when they received invitations to drive in a remarkable contest called the Dakota 3000 Challenge, they soon learned that danger lay ahead. There were enough warning signs like cut brake lines, threatening telegrams and a flying saucer’s hungry tractor beam, but they weren’t enough to overcome John’s curiosity and thirst to be the best driver in the world. With his custom car—the Blue Spider, outfitted with lasers, protective armor, and secret inventions—John feels like he’s ready for anything. Until he and his friends meet their fellow racers with their own incredible cars…and for some reason, a strong dislike of John.
As the father of a seven-year-old son, I read the manuscript to him over a number of nights—much in the way author Jason Alter developed it for his own children. My son, a reluctant reader who was just discovering the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, proclaimed John Fastramp to be ”a great book!” And after seeing the books he was taking home from school, it became clear to me that John Fastramp fills an open niche in the category of grade school chapter books for boys—filled with danger, excitement, and really cool cars.
Jason Alter lives in Stamford, Connecticut with his wife, two children, and their dog. John Fastramp and the Dakota 3000 Challenge is his first novel, but he is finishing his second book, John Fastramp and the Mystery of the Ghost Speedway.
John Fastramp and his friend Tom Quickspeed were no strangers to extraordinary races. But when they received invitations to drive in a remarkable contest called the Dakota 3000 Challenge, they soon learned that danger lay ahead. There were enough warning signs like cut brake lines, threatening telegrams and a flying saucer’s hungry tractor beam, but they weren’t enough to overcome John’s curiosity and thirst to be the best driver in the world. With his custom car—the Blue Spider, outfitted with lasers, protective armor, and secret inventions—John feels like he’s ready for anything. Until he and his friends meet their fellow racers with their own incredible cars…and for some reason, a strong dislike of John.
As the father of a seven-year-old son, I read the manuscript to him over a number of nights—much in the way author Jason Alter developed it for his own children. My son, a reluctant reader who was just discovering the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books, proclaimed John Fastramp to be ”a great book!” And after seeing the books he was taking home from school, it became clear to me that John Fastramp fills an open niche in the category of grade school chapter books for boys—filled with danger, excitement, and really cool cars.
Jason Alter lives in Stamford, Connecticut with his wife, two children, and their dog. John Fastramp and the Dakota 3000 Challenge is his first novel, but he is finishing his second book, John Fastramp and the Mystery of the Ghost Speedway.
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