The Desert Sky Before Us

I think a good word to describe this book is “unusual” – in a good way!

There were a couple things that made this book unusual:

The writing style. Valente chose not to use quotation marks at all, making the book have a certain flow to it that's fast – like Rhiannon's racing career.

The main characters. Both of the sisters are not your run-of-the-mill female characters. Billie has half of her head shaved and has just come from prison, and Rhiannon is a lesbian racecar driver (one of the only ones in history). Their mother, the famous paleontologist, was also one of the only females in a male-dominated field.

How many other times have you read about cross-country geocaching road trips?

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