The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

Dan Gemeinhart

Jan 2019 · Sold by Henry Holt and Company (BYR)

About this ebook

"Sometimes a story comes along that just plain makes you want to hug the world. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise is Dan Gemeinhart’s finest book yet — and that’s saying something. Your heart needs this joyful miracle of a book." —Katherine Applegate, acclaimed author of The One and Only Ivan and Wishtree

A 2020 ILA Teachers’ Choice
A 2019 Parents' Choice Award Gold Medal Winner
Winner of the 2019 CYBILS Award for Middle Grade Fiction
An Amazon Top 20 Children's Book of 2019
A Junior Library Guild Selection

Five years.

That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation.

It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash.

Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished—the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box—she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days...without him realizing it.

Along the way, they'll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. And then there's Gladys...

Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can sometimes be the hardest journey of all...but that with friends by her side, she just might be able to turn her “once upon a time” into a “happily ever after.”

This title has common core connections.

Ratings and reviews

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise - Seldom does a cover make me want to read a book but I was intrigued. This is a new author to me but I am not sure I will read another Gemeinhart book. The story and characters were interesting and there was plenty of emotions throughout the pages. I did not like that "oh my God", and other forms of God, was used throughout the book but in lowercase. Yet, while God is disrespected, there is a gamut of issues that the author included reading like a Sunday newspaper: various forms of abuse, family and police; race and LGBTQ; mental issues; just to mention some. Do not respect Christians, then leave God out instead of spreading your negative opinion and let others learn to ask questions and decide for themselves. All these issues popped up in about a 60-hour time frame. I like that social media and electronics was not part of the Sunshine Family's lifestyle. The brakes scene, the last eight miles and the policeman leaving two minors on the roa

coyote sunrise. I liked this book, however it could of been easily 75 pages less. too long of a book gets for a boring story.

It is an amazing book its one of my favorites and mi t as well save it for this summer and read it in the park by the river.

About the author

Dan Gemeinhart is a former elementary-school teacher-librarian and lifelong book nerd. He lives with his wife and three daughters in a small town in Washington State. He's the author of some other books, too: The Honest Truth, Some Kind of Courage, Scar Island, and Good Dog. If he ever meets you, he'd love to talk about books with you.