A beautifully poignant debut perfect for fans of authors such as Rebecca Stead and Sharon Creech and books like Ali Benjamin's The Thing About Jellyfish. When Rydr travels by train from Los Angeles to Chicago, she learns along the way that she can find family wherever she is. Rydr is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can't take care of her anymore, and traveling to Chicago, to live with an unknown relative. She brings with her a backpack, memories both happy and sad, and a box, containing something very important. As Rydr meets her fellow passengers and learns their stories, her own story begins to emerge. It's one of sadness and heartache, and one Rydr would sometimes like to forget. But as much as Rydr may want to run away from her past, on the train she finds that hope and forgiveness are all around her, and most importantly, within her, if she's willing to look for it.
- ISBN10 0606410295
- ISBN13 9780606410298
- Publish Date 3 April 2018 (first published 24 January 2017)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 March 2021
- Imprint Turtleback
- Edition Bound for Schools & Libraries ed.
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Pages 208
- Language English