Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave
Survival Strategies of the Almost Brave
Written by: Jen White
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers (June 9, 2015)
It's important to be brave when your little sister looks up to you as her protector. Twelve-year-old Liberty feels it's her job to look after her eight-year-old sister, Billie, once they are sent to live with their father, whom they haven't seen since they were very young. Dad is unpredictable on his best days, but when he abandons the girls at a gas station in the middle of nowhere, Liberty's courage is truly put to the test.
As she and Billie struggle to make it home on their own, they encounter a cast of both helpful and not-so-helpful characters, including a man with caterpillar eyebrows, a tattooed trucker with a soft spot for cats, a kid who is a little too obsessed with Star Wars, and a woman who lives with a houseful of nontraditional pets. Along the way, they learn that sometimes you have to get a little bit lost to be found.
