Far from Fair

Written by Elana K. Arnold

A road trip reveals unexpected truths and challenges fairness in life.

3.9 Goodreads · 452 ratings

240 pages· 37,346 words· Est. 4 hour read· 860L

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Bookroo's summary

Odette's life feels unfair as her family embarks on a road trip in a cramped RV. Leaving California, she faces the chaos of sharing space and a single phone with her family. But the real challenge awaits at Grandma Sissy's house, where Odette confronts deeper issues of terminal illness and the right to die. Can she find a way to make things right in a world that seems so unfair? This journey tests her resilience and understanding of life's complexities, raising questions about fairness and family bonds.

From the publisher

Odette Zyskowski has a list: Things That Aren’t Fair. At the top of the list is her parents’ decision to take the family on the road in an ugly RV they’ve nicknamed the Coach. There’s nothing fair about leaving California and living in the cramped Coach with her parents and exasperating younger brother, sharing one stupid cell phone among the four of them. And there’s definitely nothing fair about what they find when they reach Grandma Sissy’s house, hundreds of miles later. Most days it seems as if everything in Odette’s life is far from fair. Is there a way for her to make things right? With warmth and sensitivity, Elana K. Arnold makes the difficult topics of terminal illness and the right to die accessible to young readers.

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