Coyote Weather

Coyote weather is the feral, hungry season in California, when everything is drought-stricken and ready to catch fire. It's 1967 and the American culture is violently remaking itself while the country is forcing its young men to fight in a deeply unpopular war. Jerry has stubbornly made no plans for the future because he believes that, in the shadow of Vietnam, the Cold War and atomic bomb drills, there won't be one. Ellen's determined to have a plan, because nothing else can keep the world from tilting. And the Ghost just wants to go home to a place that won't let him in: the small California town where they all grew up.

 ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Amanda Cockrell is the former director of the MFA program in children's and adolescent literature at Hollins University. She's received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. Her novels include The Wall at the Edge of the World (2020) and The Border Wolves (Spring 2021). Previous novels include the young adult What We Keep Is Not Always What Will Stay; Pomegranate Seed; and The Deer Dancers and The Horse Catchers. Webpage and blog: www.amandacockrell.com.