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4.47 AVERAGE
Loved this book. The narrator and main character are very relatable. It is heavy, subject matter but delivered and I light hearted way.
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A story about a girl, a cat, a bus, a goat, a loss, and how sometimes it is hard to outrun memories but with the help of others anything is possible.
What a beautifully written book that will have you laughing, cheering and even crying a little. Coyote is a 12 year old who is roaming the open road with Rodeo, who is running away from memories. They come upon amazing characters during their travels who help them see that they don’t need to be so solitary. When Coyote gets a call from her grandma, she knows that they have to return to the memories. Can Coyote get Rodeo to go along?
What a beautifully written book that will have you laughing, cheering and even crying a little. Coyote is a 12 year old who is roaming the open road with Rodeo, who is running away from memories. They come upon amazing characters during their travels who help them see that they don’t need to be so solitary. When Coyote gets a call from her grandma, she knows that they have to return to the memories. Can Coyote get Rodeo to go along?
4.5 stars! This is a delightful book full of sweetness and emotion and grief. I love that the emotions are real and raw and very human. The book illustrates very well what types of challenges can come from such deep loses.
3 1/2 stars -- liked it okay, as a novel for middle grade readers dealing with grief and the aftermath the sudden tragic death of the main character's mother and sisters, and how Coyote's life becomes one of tiptoeing around her father's grief to protect him from the enormity of it. As an epic road trip story, it didn't engage me much, as I found each new character added to the school bus to be just a bit too perfectly quirky, a bit too perfectly perfect. I found the emotional resonance of the story between father and daughter to be very realistic, while the plot itself got somewhat annoyingly silly, but younger readers might enjoy the plot twists on the journey back to Coyote's hometown.
Gemeinhart realistically and nimbly depicts the reality of being a child who is a parent's emotional caretaker. And, wow, did Gemeinhart pack a powerful emotional wallop in the final chapters, when Coyote opens her heart and mind to the long-buried memories of her lost family, and when she finds her voice to create healthier boundaries with her father. I could see this being a good read-aloud book for a long family car trip, but expect to be openly weeping toward the satisfying end.
Gemeinhart realistically and nimbly depicts the reality of being a child who is a parent's emotional caretaker. And, wow, did Gemeinhart pack a powerful emotional wallop in the final chapters, when Coyote opens her heart and mind to the long-buried memories of her lost family, and when she finds her voice to create healthier boundaries with her father. I could see this being a good read-aloud book for a long family car trip, but expect to be openly weeping toward the satisfying end.
Read for Popsugar: A bildungsroman
Fictional towns in Washington strike again! Though I wasn't as distracted this time as I was with Remarkably Bright Creatures, because most of the book takes place in other (real) places. Coyote's voice is charming, and she is dealing with some STUFF. I do take issue with a 12-year-old girl doing most of the emotional labor in the book - for grown men, at that. And they never once mentioned how they stay clean on that bus besides one stop to swim in a muddy river. But I also found myself won over by the adventure and the characters.
Fictional towns in Washington strike again! Though I wasn't as distracted this time as I was with Remarkably Bright Creatures, because most of the book takes place in other (real) places. Coyote's voice is charming, and she is dealing with some STUFF. I do take issue with a 12-year-old girl doing most of the emotional labor in the book - for grown men, at that. And they never once mentioned how they stay clean on that bus besides one stop to swim in a muddy river. But I also found myself won over by the adventure and the characters.
Beautiful, meaningful, deep, fun, adventurous. Read it. You won't regret it. It might have been written for kids, but it's just as powerful for adults.
loved it. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I love coyote and her dad and every. single. character. I read this a few years back and i loved the ending but i wish there was a sequel.
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was so good!!!!
I felt everything and want everyone to read this!
If you love single dad stories, spunky kiddos with big personalities, grief processing and found family, this is a brilliant story. I did cry, so obviously 5 ⭐️!
I felt everything and want everyone to read this!
If you love single dad stories, spunky kiddos with big personalities, grief processing and found family, this is a brilliant story. I did cry, so obviously 5 ⭐️!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Car accident
I'd like to give this one seven stars! Thoughtful, moving, powerful, funny y.a. fiction--with great characters, many great messages, and an engrossing plot, this one pulled me in and I read it in two days! What a great way to start off my summer reading--I'll be button-holing everyone I encounter to read it, so be prepared.