โTop-notchโ โUSA Today
โIlluminatingโ โWashington Post
โA breath of fresh airโ โEntertainment Weekly
โMemorableโ โPeople
By the New York Timesย bestselling author of Kids of Appetite!
ย
After the sudden collapse of her family, Mim Malone is dragged from her home in northern Ohio to the โwastelandsโ of Mississippi, where she lives in a medicated milieu with her dad and new stepmom. Before the dust has a chance to settle, she learns her mother is sick back in Cleveland.
ย
So she ditches her new life and hops aboard a northbound Greyhound bus to her real home and her real mother, meeting a quirky cast of fellow travelers along the way. But when her thousand-mile journey takes a few turns she could never see coming, Mim must confront her own demons, redefining her notions of love, loyalty, and what it means to be sane.
ย
Told in an unforgettable, kaleidoscopic voice, Mosquitoland is a modern American odyssey, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.