num_pages: 320
description: From the author of The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher comes an epic cross-country train trip for fans of Dan Santats Are We There Yet? and Geoff Rodkeys The Tapper Twins . Pack your suitcase and climb on board with the Johnston-Fischer family. Sara Johnston-Fischer loves her family of course. But that doesnt mean shes thrilled when her summer plans are upended for a surprise cross-country train trip with her two moms Mimi and Carol; her younger sister Ladybug; her older sister Laurel; and Laurels poncho-wearing activist boyfriend Root. And to make matters worse one of her moms is writing a tell-all book about the trip . . . and that means allllll every ridiculous and embarrassing moment of Saras life. Sara finds herself crisscrossing the country with a gaggle of wild Texans. As they travel from New Orleans to Chicago to the Grand Canyon and beyond Sara finds herself changing along with the landscape outside the train windows. And she realizes that she just might go home reinvented. 
language: English
title: This Would Make a Good Story Someday
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers