The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Publication Year
2019
ISBN
9781250196705
Pages
344 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash. Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished―the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box―she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days...without him realizing it. Along the way, they'll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. And then there's Gladys... Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can sometimes be the hardest journey of all...but that with friends by her side, she just might be able to turn her “once upon a time” into a “happily ever after.”
Grade Level
6-8; 9-12
Lexile Measure
730L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Family member death; Homelessness; homeless family; living in a car; death of a mother
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White / Caucasian
Awards
Audie Award, 2020, Finalist, Middle Grade
Cybils Awards, 2019, Winner, Middle Grade Fiction
Goodreads Choice Award, 2019, Nominee, Middle Grade
Parents' Choice Award, 2019, Gold, Fiction
Keywords
bus; poverty; roadtrip; stability; connections; strangers
Diversity Impact
indirect
STARS Citation
Gemeinhart, Dan, "The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise" (2019). Diverse Families. 2250.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/2250