A review by gabmc
The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart

4.0

This is a gorgeous YA novel about a young girl and her journey to recover from a huge loss. Coyote and her dad Rodeo changed their names and took to the roads in a converted school bus after the loss of their mother/wife and sisters/daughters. Coyote is not allowed to call Rodeo 'dad' and he never calls her by her birth name. Rodeo feels like the best way to recover from grief is to move on and not look back - he doesn't allow Coyote to talk about her sisters or her mother. As they travel across America, they pick up fellow travellers - Lester, Salvador and his mother, and Val. Along the way Coyote adopts Ivan the cat and they even have a goat as a passenger for a while. In her weekly phone call to her grandmother, Coyote discovers that something very precious to her is about to be destroyed. She realises she needs to get back to her hometown but she can't let Rodeo know what she's doing. With the help of her fellow passengers, Coyote manages to develop a plan that should work to get her back home in time. But, as with all things that 'should' work, there will be obstacles along the way. I laughed and cried while reading this joyous book.