About the author(s)

Lynne Rae Perkins was awarded the Newbery Medal for Criss Cross. She is the author of five other novels—All Alone in the Universe, As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth, Nuts to You, Secret Sisters of the Salty Sea, and Violet and Jobie in the Wild. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several acclaimed picture books, including Frank and Lucky Get Schooled, The Broken Cat, Snow Music, Pictures from Our Vacation, The Cardboard Piano, Wintercake, and The Museum of Everything. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan. Visit her online at lynnerae.com.

Reviews

ALA Booklist Editors’ Choice “Relentlessly entertaining…an absolute delight.” - Booklist (starred review)

“[Perkins’s] observations and turns of phrase are as unexpected and delightful as the travels she weaves together.” - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“A rich, eventful, and extremely entertaining summer road trip.” - New York Times Book Review

“Wherever Perkins’s warm, funny, wise narrative goes is where a reader wants to be.” - Horn Book (starred review)

“A long, immensely enjoyable, curiously comforting ramble through an absurd-but-benign world.” - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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