I enjoyed the first book, in what I hope will be a series! This new story is just as wonderful. I think 5th -8th graders will enjoy this tale and adventure of Coyote and her father.

I adored the first book and was so excited to get more Coyote. She is one of my favorite middle-grade characters.

Nearly a year after Coyote and her dad left life on the road to settle down, Coyote is frantic to return to the road to find a book belonging to her mother. Along the way, the pair find new friends and obstacles. All while learning to move on from the grief that grips them both.

This was so lovely and full of hope. I love Coyote, her boldness and loyalty. She always ends up in the most ridiculous situations, but they work so well with this series. If you love sweet and hopeful middle-grade stories with loads of friendships and coming-of-age moments, I highly recommend it.

Two things to note Lost and Found does take place during the beginning of the pandemic, and some scenes are pandemic-heavy. It does not bother me, but I know some readers are not interested in those storylines.

Thank you to NetGalley, Macmillan Publishing, and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

I loved the one (not as much as the first but still loved it). Coyote is such a relatable character and I love her willingness to love everyone.

If your students loved following Coyote and Rodeo's first adventure, they will love this one as well. When Coyote gets a new mission in her head, nothing will stop her from completing it. The trick is that she doesn't exactly tell Rodeo what the true quest is about. Get some tissues as there as some tear-jerking parts. I seriously hope there will be a third book in this series!

Coyote is such a great character with cleverness and so much heart - I love the way she sees the world. This book upends her newly settled world when she discovers a box her dad had hidden from her. Her efforts to provide some closure for them both goes a little haywire in true Coyote fashion, but readers will love this new adventure, for sure.

After almost a year, Coyote and her dad are ready to head out on the road to finally say goodbye to her mom by scattering her ashes. Coyote wants to honor her mother's wishes for her final resting place, but she realizes she has mistakenly donated the book where she believes her mother wrote these wishes down. In an attempt to get the book back, she devises a plan to search the thrift stores where she remembers they stopped on their original adventure in the hopes she can find the book. Dan welcomes back some of our old friends from the the first book and adds some new characters as well. He has written an absolutely lovely and perfect sequel to Coyote Sunrise’s story. We are so lucky.

When Coyote finds a box on their bus with her mother’s ashes in them, she & her dad set off on another adventure. After being in school and living in a house like a regular kid for a few months, Coyote is ready to go on an adventure to scatter her mom’s ashes. After discovering that the book her mom wrote her last wishes in is missing, Coyote takes her dad, her best friend Salvador, and their neighbor Candace on a search for the missing book. Only Rodeo (her dad) has no idea the book is missing. Of course, the people they meet along the way is part of what makes the story so good. Wally, who wanted the world’s best tator tots. Rawley, who gives them the best clue of all, but they don’t realize it at the time. The nice cop who helps Coyote search when she should be getting in trouble. And Doreen who has some grieving of her own to do. Once again, Dan Gemeinhart has written a wonderful, heartfelt story about grief and family and growing in spite of our mistakes. I have read every one of his books and they never disappoint!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advance copy in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

“He was always saying stuff like, there’s way too much meanness out there Coyote; you gotta put as much kindness into the universe as you can and that kind of garbage. Which, I’m also big enough to acknowledge, is not actually garbage.”

Coyote Lost and Found is a stand-alone sequel to Gemeinhart’s previous work, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise. This middle-grade novel follows an eccentric thirteen-year-old named Coyote after she discovers her mother’s ashes. Coyote takes it upon herself to make right of the ashes that her father had hidden from her in their road trip bus, by suggesting that they finally lay her to rest by scattering her ashes. The only issue is that Coyote doesn’t know where her mother wanted her ashes to be scattered and may be keeping this bit of information a secret from her father, Rodeo. Coyote and her father must embark on a bus ride across America, picking up old and new friends along the way, so Coyote can finally let go of her mother while learning how to hold onto her even tighter.

Coyote Lost and Found is a tragically realistic look at grief, or, in Coyote’s words, “emotional nausea,” wrapped up in an exciting cross-country adventure. The book is unafraid to make statements on life, loss, love, and even Covid-19, making the book feel very mature, while remaining in the lens of a quirky, slightly lost thirteen-year-old. This book can be enjoyed by a wide audience, as the story feels timeless and genuinely offers some serious subversions of expectations. Coyote is a refreshingly spunky character who is far from flawless. She is unbelievably generous and kind but also insecure, impulsive, judgmental, and really embodies what it means to be a teenager. Gemeinhart expertly crafts this book with enough lightheartedness and humor to balance out the immense trauma and grief that many of the characters feel throughout. His writing is fast-paced and filled to the brim with creative, and at times, dark-humored metaphors for life and how it feels to be alone. The book has a large cast of lovable and diverse characters, and Gemeinhart builds tension throughout by keeping them confined with their secrets and one another on the road trip bus, Yager. Overall, Coyote Lost and Found is an excellent adventure tale that keeps readers guessing what will happen next until the very end. I highly recommend this novel to everyone, but especially to tweens and adults who may feel lost in life, as it offers many cathartic moments that will leave you both emotionally wrecked and undeniably happy.

Loved revisiting Coyote and Rodeo. The first book in this series is one of my favorite Middle Grade books ever- it's so tender and sad, but hopeful at the same time. This book picks back up almost exactly where we left off- Coyote and Rodeo have put down roots and are living off-bus for the first time since her mother and sisters died. Public school isn't all she thought it would be, however, and Coyote is feeling lonely and adrift- especially because Rodeo seems to have settled in- even developing a "friendship" with a neighbor.

When Coyote finds her mother's ashes, and Covid19 hits, her and Rodeo embark on another journey- this time to spread her mother's ashes. The problem is- Coyote doesn't know where to go; she lost the instructions written in a book her mother had left for her father.

Just like the first book, Coyote and Rodeo form a new family on the road as they travel cross country. We get to revisit some old friends, too, which was so fun. I missed some of the characters from the first book, and wished they had made a cameo, but I still enjoyed the journey. This book was a tearjerker, just like the first book, but Coyote and Rodeo are so likeable and vividly drawn that it makes all the sadness worth it. I hope for more from Coyote in the future!

This is the second book in the "Coyote Sunrise" series, and it held up just as amazingly as the first! After settling down for awhile, Coyote and her dad Rodeo decide to hit the open road again, this time with a very specific, and important purpose. I long the strong theme throughout the book. I would use this book in my classroom.

LOVE LOVE LOVE!! I could follow Coyote through adulthood. I absolutely love her character and the author does such an amazing job with the other characters as well. The story made me cry just like the first one. So beautifully told and always something anyone can appreciate.

I have a friend who loves voicey middle grade with a southern feel to it, and this book immediately made me think of her. Coyote is an absolute wonder. She’s unconventional and a little wild, kind of a loner, and has such a huge heart. I really like Rodeo, her dad, as well. He’s got a very hippy sensibility and definitely wouldn’t be everyone’s pick for best dad, but his temperament really works with Coyote, and he works really hard to make sure she has what she needs.

This is a book about grief. It’s a book about saying goodbye to someone you’ve already lost, and how sometimes grief is a journey, and on that journey, you have to say goodbye more than once. Some of the scenes in which Coyote and her dad talk about or around their losses were so poignant. I cried more than once.

It’s also a story set during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, so it has an underlying uncertainty and loneliness to it. It doesn’t have to do with the pandemic at all, really, but the shutdowns and fears about the virus impacted different characters and scenes in ways that made me think.

The only thing I kept waiting for and felt like was missing from the story is more information about Coyote’s sisters. She lost her mom and two sisters in a car accident long before this book (and another about Coyote and her dad) takes place. While this book focused on the loss of her mom, I felt like it was a little odd that she never named her sisters or had any memories of them or longing for them specifically. I haven’t yet read COYOTE SUNRISE, so it’s possible her relationships with them are explained more fully in the other book.

On the whole, I loved Coyote’s powerful voice and the sweet and silly rituals she shares with her dad and the lucky people they bring into their lives. I can definitely see fans of Kate DiCamillo’s contemporary novels or fans of Gillian McDunn loving this book.

Note: I received a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions my own.

This amazing sequel to Coyote Sunrise continues Coyote's adventures. She and her dad have moved off the bus and into a house. Coyote is attending the local middle school but it all feels pretty difficult. When Coyote finds her mom's ashes, she sets off on a quest (with her dad) to find the perfect place to leave her mom's ashes. There are some new characters as well as old friends, but the Coyote's spirit and tenacity remain the same. A wonderful second story.

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Let me start this review by saying yes, this is as good as The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, and, yes, you will cry.

Honestly, you’ll probably cry more, because while Coyote and Rodeo spent the majority of the first book running from the pain of their grief, they meet it head on here as they prepare to say their final goodbyes. Their journey is also set during the pandemic, with the heartbreaking stories of loss and fear and hate from that time well represented. In many ways I thought this was a heavier and more mature book than the first.

And yet, the magic Dan Gemeinhart created when he first wrote Coyote's story is still very much present. The thrill of a journey, destination unknown; the comfort of old friends and the discovery of new ones; the moments of poignancy interspersed with humor and dancing and living. The sandwiches. It's all still here and I think all culminates into one big reassurance that, although life can break our hearts in the absolute worst of ways, there is a way through the darkness and still joys worth experiencing.

Five of the biggest stars imaginable to Coyote Lost and Found. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I loved every page.

Out today in book stores, Dan Gemeinhart follows up The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise with Coyote Lost and Found. Coyote, still sharing the grief from the loss of her mother and two sisters with her father Rodeo, has just begun settling in to her new school and a new normal for life when she finds a box containing her mother’s ashes. She and her father must come to terms with whether they are ready to scatter the ashes. The bigger problem lies in the Coyote’s accidental loss of her mother’s wishes for where they are to be scattered when she sold one of her mother’s favorite books to a used book store. The question is whether Coyote can find her mom’s instructions without her father ever realizing they were lost. They crank up Yager, their old trusty bus, and add a few unlikely friends for an adventure that proves to be as humorous as it is touching in their remembrance and in their seeking closure for their loss.

I read the second Coyote book without having read the first. It is tricky for a writer to include enough of a first book to keep the new reader informed without repeating so much that the reader of the first book is not bored by repetition. He did the first well, and I am guessing that he did the second as well since this is a story all unto itself. I also know that I now have the urge to go back and read the first book.

The sequel to "The Remarkable Journey. of Coyote Sunrise" - a heartwarming middle-grade novel. I listened to the first book last year, and fell in love with the character of Coyote and her dad, Rodeo.

A year after their first adventure comes to an end, Coyote finds a box of her mothers ashes that her dad had hidden away for the last six years. They decide that they are finally ready to scatter the ashes at her desired final resting place, which she had written in a book of poetry. The only problem is, this book was turned in to a thrift store somewhere along their last journey. While keeping the missing book a secret from her dad, the pair set out on another cross-country adventure on their bus at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Coyote Sunrise books are perfect for middle-grade readers - tackling relatable themes of friendship and family, while also exploring themes of grief and moving on after loss.

The sequel is just as great as the first - really hoping there is a third book in the series!

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this digital galley ahead of publication date.

Coyote is such a special character. I can't stress this enough. And as someone who fell in love with Coyote in The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise, it was such a delight to be reunited with her.

Now that Coyote is settled and attending school, road trips are fewer for her and her dad, Rodeo. However, when the beginning of the pandemic starts and school is closed for 3 weeks, Coyote and Rodeo fire up the school bus and get ready for their next adventure. Of course in typical Coyote fashion, they meet a few friends along the way, and get into some hijinks.

What I love about this book and it's predecessor is that it's full of heart. Coyote is a gem. How she sees the world after all she's been through ... truly remarkable. I hope Dan Gemeinhart keeps writing Coyote books because I'll keep reading and loving them!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced edition to experience more of Coyote's story. Readers will fall in love with the continued adventure of her journey! Exploring the real life situations that many kids go through of keeping secrets, telling the truth, moving on in relationships had me hooked to find out what decisions Coyote would make.

I have been waiting so long to return to Coyotes story!!! If you loved the first novel, this one will not disappoint.

Coyote and her dad have a settled life that they both are happy with. Coyote discovers that her father has been hiding something from her. They decide to embark on a new adventure, one that means they meet new people along the way, as Coyote is known to do.

Coyote must also contend with her father finding love again.

Overall, I loved this book as much as my introduction to Coyote and her family. It feels like a hug and I carry Coyote with me a lot. I can’t wait to add this to my library so my students can read it.

It's rare that a follow-up book is on par with the original, but this is one of those cases. The characters were unique and loveable as always, the storyline was heart wrenching but approachable, and the tone overall was exactly what I was hoping for. While I did enjoy the first Coyote Sunrise book a bit more and found that this book's pacing was a bit off for me, I would still highly recommend this quick MG read.