This Would Make a Good Story Someday, Dana Alison Levy
This Would Make a Good Story Someday, Dana Alison Levy
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This Would Make a Good Story Someday

Author: Dana Alison Levy

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney

Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

From the author of The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher comes an epic cross-country train trip for fans of Dan Santat’s Are We There Yet? and Geoff Rodkey’s The Tapper Twins. Pack your suitcase and climb on board with the Johnston-Fischer family.  
 
Sara Johnston-Fischer loves her family, of course. But that doesn’t mean she’s thrilled when her summer plans are upended for a surprise cross-country train trip with her two moms, Mimi and Carol; her younger sister, Ladybug; her older sister, Laurel; and Laurel’s poncho-wearing activist boyfriend, Root. And to make matters worse, one of her moms is writing a tell-all book about the trip . . . and that means allllll, every ridiculous and embarrassing moment of Sara’s life.
 
Sara finds herself crisscrossing the country with a gaggle of wild Texans. As they travel from New Orleans to Chicago to the Grand Canyon and beyond, Sara finds herself changing along with the landscape outside the train windows. And she realizes that she just might go home reinvented. 


Reviews

This is such a sweet, fun and genuinely *likable* book with characters and situations that feel so real and relatable. When 12-year-old Sara's mother wins a writing fellowship to ride the rails for a month, their whole family - Sara's two moms, her rambunctious little sister, her activist older sist......more

Sara Johnston-Fischer plans to spend her summer working on her reinvention project with her best friends Em and Vi. Instead, she has to go on a cross-country train trip with her entire embarrassing family just so her Mimi (mom) can write about it. No way is Sara going to participate. She does NOT wa......more

Goodreads review by Jen

I'm a lucky critique partner of Dana's and I got to read this gem of a book as it developed- I am completely charmed (as always) with the way Dana puts humor on the page. Her scenarios are so believable, yet absurdly delightful at the same time. I always end up snort-laughing my way through her page......more

Goodreads review by Stacy

From the highly acclaimed author of The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher comes the story of the wild Johnston-Fischer family, setting off on a cross-country train trip over one long, hilarious, heart-touching summer. The Johnston-Fischer’s are a blended family with two matriarchs: Mimi and Mom,......more


Quotes

"Sara has a truly unique tween voice, with her concerns about big-picture issues never diminishing the importance of her need for a new hair look or a burgeoning friendship with a fellow traveler…its engaging main character makes it a truly memorable read." —Booklist, starred review

"This story is never preachy; it ranges from laugh-out-loud funny to incredibly moving, and the voices are true. Ignore the title: this is a good story already." —Kirkus