It's not easy to make a book this short so interesting, and while it's a quirky little story, there's a lot packed in. Loved that the focus of the trip is the long-haul trucking experience and what that's like -- totally fascinating to hear about how those cabs are laid out! And that in background it turns out that Jolene is a biracial kid who's family has recently divorced because her father has comes out as gay and gotten seriously involved with a new Indigenous partner -- and all of that and none of that matters, because the book is about Jolene, and her loving relationship with her dad, and the things they like to do together (pick a food and rate it, talk about what they see from the windows while driving, pack minimally, think about poems). It's pretty great, really, and enlivened by an emergency situation that includes some intolerant behavior and a really great step by step of how to speak to a 911 operator, should you ever be called on to do so. ( )