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344 pp.
| Viking |
March, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-451-47077-5$17.99
(2)
YA
Sixteen-year-old Mim hops a Greyhound to reunite with her sick mom in Cleveland. Flashbacks and letters interspersed into Mim's first-person account of her wacky road trip gradually reveal the truth about her mother's illness, Dad and brand-new stepmom Kathy's disturbing "BREAKING NEWS," and Mim's doubts about her own mental health. Mim's voice is a bit over-the-top quirky at times, but singular and full of heart.
Reviewer: Katie Bircher
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2015