Look, some 'grief books' for kids feel like a homework assignment in sadness. This isn't that. It’s a road trip adventure that happens to have a massive heart.
Coyote and her dad Rodeo have been running away from their lives for five years in a renovated school bus, and the story kicks off when she realizes she has to get back to their old home to save a box of memories before it's paved over.
It’s funny, the side characters are actually three-dimensional, and it handles the heavy stuff—like losing your family—with a level of respect for the reader's intelligence that you don't always see. It’s a 'cry-on-the-last-page' kind of book, but the journey there is genuinely entertaining. If your kid liked 'Wonder' or 'Because of Winn-Dixie,' this is their next favorite.






