The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
By Dan Gemeinhart
Henry Holt and Company, 2019. 344 p.

Coyote Sunrise and Rodeo Sunrise (her dad) live on a school bus. They travel around the country from place to place to experience life—and possibly to run away from past memories. Only, when Coyote hears from her grandma that the park in her old neighborhood is being torn down in less than a week Coyote declares that she must go back home, even though it is a “no go” for Rodeo. Along the drive from Florida to Washington State the duo becomes a group as they pick up various passengers along the way. This is a heart-wrenching story of love and loss, friendship and family, home and home. Readers who enjoy great characters and a good heaping of emotional development will enjoy reading about this plucky 12-year-old and how she strives to do the impossible to get a bit of her heart back.

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