A review by gileslibrarian6
The Exact Location of Home by Kate Messner

4.0

Kate Messner finds a great way to tackle tough topics in Middle Grade Lit. In The Exact Location of Home, Zig is disappointed when his father misses another visit and his mother won't tell him where his father is. Zig is gifted a box of old electronics including an old GPS and uses it to start geocaching with his friends, Gianna and Ruby. He finds caches left behind and discovered by a Senior Searcher and are convinced they are from his dad. Meanwhile, Zig ends up homeless and hides his troubles from his friends but becomes humbled about the types of people who stay at homeless shelters during his stay there. In the end, Zig finds Senior Searcher and learns perhaps the Exact Location of Home isn't always what you expect.