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The Exact Location of Home

9781681195483

Bloomsbury USA
Available: 09/12/17
5.7 x 8.59 · 256 pages
Ages 8-12 years
9781681195483
CDN $22.99 · cl
With dust jacket

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Kate Messner

Kirby Zig" Zigonski lives for the world of simple circuits, light bulbs, buzzers, and motors. Electronics are, after all, much more predictable than most people - especially his father, who he hasn't seen in over a year. When his dad's latest visit is canceled with no explanation and his mom seems to be hiding something, Zig turns to his best friend Gianna and a new gizmo - a garage sale GPS unit - for help. Convinced that his dad is leaving clues around town to explain his absence, Zig sets out to find him. Following one clue after another, logging mile after mile, Zig soon discovers that people aren't always what they seem . . . and sometimes, there's more than one set of coordinates for home.

An important story of love and hope that will capture readers' hearts, The Exact Location of Home is another must read from beloved author Kate Messner.

Kate Messner is a former middle-school English teacher and the author of E. B. White Read Aloud Award winner The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z . and its companion, The Exact Location of Home ; Sugar and Ice ; Eye of the Storm ; Wake Up Missing ; All the Answers ; The Seventh Wish ; Capture the Flag ; Hide and Seek ; the Marty McGuire chapter book series; the Ranger in Time chapter book series; and several picture books. She lives on Lake Champlain with her husband and two kids. When she's not reading or writing, she loves hiking, kayaking, biking, and watching thunderstorms over the lake. www.katemessner.com
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