When Naomi's absent mother resurfaces to claim her, Naomi runs away to Mexico with her great-grandmother and younger brother in search of her father

"Apple signature"--Page 4 of cover Includes: After Words, an interview with the author, and an activity

A rabble of yesterdays. A paddling of ducks ; A skulk of foxes ; A lamentation of swans ; A memory of elephants ; A charm of hummingbirds ; A school of fish ; An unkindness of ravens ; A burden of mules ; A shiver of shards ; A schizophrenia of hawks ; A flight of swallows A passel of todays. A drey of squirrels ; A slue th of bears ; A leap of leopards ; A piteousness of doves ; A team of horses ; An exaltation of starlings ; A pride of lions ; A cry of hounds ; A crash of hippopotami ; A brood of chicks ; A murmuration of tomorrows