Book Review: The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

"The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise" by Dan Gemeinhart is deep, and surprising, and fun, and terribly sad. I picked up this book because of the title. It looked like the perfect summer read, and I was right, mostly. This isn't a light read, in spite of the fun names, the fact that they live in a school bus, and the first chapter is about slushies and kittens.

Coyote lives on the road with Rodeo, a hippie who happens to be her father, on a renovated school bus they call Yager. Their road life has rules, and most of them are about avoiding the reality that Coyote isn't her real name, as Rodeo isn't her dad's name, and they are running away from the tragedy that took Coyote's mom, her two sisters, and essentially, her real name.

Coyote finds her way home, with some help from friends and beasts. You will leave this book with a greater appreciation of goats.