Lynne Rae Perkins
New York: Greenwillow Books, 2010
353 pp. (Grades 6-10)
Ry steps off his train to make a phone call and strays too far. He watches, horrified, as it leaves him stranded in the middle of the Montana prairie. Thus begins Lynne Rae Perkins' novel of a haphazard journey across the United States and the Caribbean in search of home and family. With a plot that is constantly moving forward, turning, and catching the reader by surprise, the novel has great appeal for reluctant readers, while rich characterization will endear even the more sophisticated teen, boy or girl. Naysayers may criticize Ry's decision to put his faith in complete stranger, or find the ending on the impossible side of incredible, but young readers will delight in the novel's adventurous spirit and happily take the leap.
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