About this item
From Publishers Weekly Flying Start author Paul Mosier comes a poignant story about a young girl's travels by train from Los Angeles to Chicago in which she learns along the way that she can find family wherever she is. Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead and Sharon Creech. Rydr is on a train heading east, leaving California, where her gramma can't take care of her anymore, and traveling to Chicago, to live with an unknown relative. She brings with her a backpack, memories both happy and sad, and a box, containing something very important. As Rydr meets her fellow passengers and learns their stories, her own story begins to emerge. It's one of sadness and heartache, and one Rydr would sometimes like to forget.But as much as Rydr may want to run away from her past, on the train she finds that hope and forgiveness are all around her, and most importantly, within her, if she's willing to look for it.
About the Author
Paul Mosier quit drinking at age twenty-five, because he did not have the resolve to see his alcoholism through to its logical conclusion. He quit writing at age thirty-two because he didn't have the strength of character to return to alcoholism. He then spent a period of years being paid to paint pictures as a so-called artist. He never could care for brushes properly, so he founded a green investing company and somehow got married and fathered two adorable daughters. He began writing again in 2011 and has completed three novels to date: Breakfast At Tuli's, the equally absurd Genre, and the all-ages show Story Girl. He claims he writes only what the muse asks him to write, which sounds like a bit of a cop-out. He confesses to using conjunctions to begin sentences just to piss off other writers he is friendly with, and uses passive language in a manner that could be seen as passive-aggressive. The handwriting analysis machine at the Arizona State Fair called him "easily aroused." Make of that what you wish.
