From the author of The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher comes an epic cross-country train trip for fans of Dan Santat’s Are We There Yet? and Geoff Rodkey’s The Tapper Twins. Pack your suitcase and climb on board with the Johnston-Fischer family.
Sara Johnston-Fischer loves her family, of course. But that doesn’t mean she’s thrilled when her summer plans are upended for a surprise cross-country train trip with her two moms, Mimi and Carol; her younger sister, Ladybug; her older sister, Laurel; and Laurel’s poncho-wearing activist boyfriend, Root. And to make matters worse, one of her moms is writing a tell-all book about the trip . . . and that means allllll, every ridiculous and embarrassing moment of Sara’s life.
Sara finds herself crisscrossing the country with a gaggle of wild Texans. As they travel from New Orleans to Chicago to the Grand Canyon and beyond, Sara finds herself changing along with the landscape outside the train windows. And she realizes that she just might go home reinvented.
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“Narrator Kathleen McInerney’s youthful voice delivers the many emotions of twelve-year-old Sara…McInerney seamlessly delivers the diversity of Sara’s writing, which includes guidebook quotes, ‘fun facts’ related to stops, descriptions of people she meets, and her thoughts on family, particularly her reactions to her sisters—one loud, one opinionated. Happily, there’s humor in the story, and McInerney ensures that Sara’s exasperation sounds understandable, not bratty.”
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