<p><b>A middle-grade novel by James Bird about homelessness and hope.<br></b><br>When home is a car, life is unpredictable. School, friends, and three meals a day aren''t guaranteed. Not every town has a shelter where a family can sleep for a night or two, and places with parking lots don''t welcome overnight stays.<br><br>Opin, his brother Emjay, and their mother are trying to get to Los Angeles, where they hope an uncle and a new life are waiting. Emjay has taken to disappearing for days, slowing down the family''s progress and adding to their worry. <br><br>Then Opin finds a stray dog who needs him as much as he needs her, and his longing for a stable home intensifies, as his brother''s reckless ways hit a new high. Opin makes a new friend in the shelter, but shelters don¿t allow dogs¿<br><br>Will anything other than a real home ever be enough?</p>