(That’s the reason for the unusual names as well as the nomadic lifestyle) But deep down inside, Coyote needs to hang on to the memories that they’ve been avoiding for five years. So far, Coyote has accepted Rodeo’s coping strategy, which has been to leave behind everything of their old life. They buried the box in an overgrown corner of the park and promised to come back for it in ten years. As it turns out, shortly before the car crash that killed them, the girls and their mother had put together a memory box with drawings and letters to each other. Coyote’s first-person narrative has already informed the reader that her mother and two sisters are dead. Coyote has to go home before the park is gone, and she knows her father isn’t willing to ever go back. Back in the neighborhood that once was her home, the city is about to rip out the little park at the end of the block. But then Coyote gets some bad news from her grandmother. Once Rodeo agrees that the cat can stay, things are pretty much all right again. It’s a bit lonely, but Coyote feels that she’s solved that problem when she accepts a free kitten while they’re stopped at a gas station one day. They’ve been doing this for five years now. She and her father Rodeo live in a repurposed school bus and they travel around the country without ever giving much thought to where they’re going next. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart, 2019Ĭhildren’s novel for grades 4-8 adventure, realistic fictionĬoyote’s lifestyle is as unusual and eccentric as her name.
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