Description
"Top-notch" --USA Today
"Illuminating" --Washington Post
"A breath of fresh air" --Entertainment Weekly
"Memorable" --People After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the "wastelands" of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland.
So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.
Author: David Arnold
Publisher: Speak
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780147513656
ISBN10: 0147513650
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Depression
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
"Illuminating" --Washington Post
"A breath of fresh air" --Entertainment Weekly
"Memorable" --People After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the "wastelands" of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland.
So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.
*Includes a discussion guide, exclusive author interview, and music lyrics written by David Arnold
Author: David Arnold
Publisher: Speak
Published: 03/01/2016
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780147513656
ISBN10: 0147513650
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Depression
- Young Adult Fiction | Family | Marriage & Divorce
About the Author
David Arnold is the New York Times bestselling author of The Electric Kingdom, Mosquitoland, Kids of Appetite, and The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik, which has been optioned for film by Paramount. He has won the Southern Book Prize and the Great Lakes Book Award, and was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for his debut. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife and son.
Learn more at davidarnoldbooks.com and follow him on Instagram @iamdavidarnold and Twitter @roofbeam.