Although many of her experiences with other characters seem humorous and amusing, you can feel Mim’s sadness and loneliness that underlie everything and accompanies her on the journey.
I love the growth and shift in Mim’s character, as she realizes and learns new things. It moves in various directions, based on Mim’s impulsive decisions, and that gives the story such a flavorful and refreshing taste.Įverything leading up to the climax seems deeper, meaningful, and almost destined to happen. She is a bit spunky, confident and informal, and the plot reflects that. Mim's way of speaking is a blend of free-spirited, impulsive, and witty. I love Arnold’s use of flashbacks, memories, and the occasional letter-but-more-like-personal-diary Mim uses to make sense of her current situation as well as the unresolved conflicts of her past. I really love Mim’s personality her voice and character really shine through beautifully in her thoughts and dialog. Her little road trip becomes something so much more, as she explores her personal growth, her dreams, as well as developing new friendships and empathizing with the struggles of others. It is a trip Mim navigates through the broken memories she struggles to move on from. Some become her friends, others her enemies. On this 4-day adventure, Mim meets other traveling souls and strangers. Everything the way it used to be: before her family fell apart. She's had enough, so she catches the nearest northbound bus to find her mother, make sure she's okay, and live out the rest of her life with her mom. Her parents acted very suspiciously and secretive about the health of her real mom, and she had lots of conflicts with them about it. Mary Iris Malone (16), who goes by “Mim,” has run away from Jackson, Mississippi, the place her father and step-mother Kathy call “home." Mim's home is hundreds of miles away, in Cleveland, Ohio, where Mim, her father, and her birth mother used to live. Diverse Easy Reader | Illustrated Chapter.
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