Objects Are Closer Than They Appear Author:Carol Culver Rzadkiewicz Tammi Jean Cook is sixteen. She is also psychic. So when Tammi Jean hitches a ride from a long-haul trucker named Elvis P. Boone, she knows that when she reaches California she?s going to find her daddy . . . even though everyone claims he?s dead. As they travel from the kudzu-choked fields of Alabama to the scenic hills of California, Tammi Jea... more »n and Elvis become friends as the miles click by on the Kenworth?s odometer. They also encounter people like a young woman fleeing for her life; an old Cherokee woman, who warns Tammi Jean of the risks in knowing anyone?s destiny; and a man with frightening plans for one innocent child?s future. There?s also the Man-in-Black. Another long-haul trucker, he too is headed for California; and along the way he challenges Tammi Jean to explore the darker side of being psychic.« less