In trying to reunite with her mother, Winston discovers the many
meanings of family and finds friendship in an unexpected place in this
coming-of-age novel from the author of Waiting, which Kirkus
Reviews, in a starred review, called "exceptional" and Glimpse, which
Booklist called "gripping."
Life is just fine for fourteen-year-old Winston. She loves her dog,
Thelma, and although she never knew her dad, and her mom left ten years
ago in search of Hollywood fame, Winston has family with Nanny, who is
in her forties, and that doesn't even make her old. But a "just fine"
life gets a lot more exciting when a letter arrives from Skye Harper,
aka Judith Fletcher, aka Winston's mother. She needs help, and Nanny
says the best way to give it is to take a cross-country road trip--in a
"borrowed" motor home--to go find Mama once and for all. Winston's not
so sure about this plan, but with a cute stowaway named Steve along for
company and an adventure on the horizon, this is sure to be a summer to
remember.