My Diary from the Edge of the World

A twelve-year-old girl chronicles her family's desperate cross-country journey in a used Winnebago, fleeing from a persistent dark cloud that has come for her sickly younger brother. Gracie Lockwood lives in an alternate version of Maine where mythical creatures are an ordinary part of life, and her diary becomes the intimate record of their race to find the fabled Extraordinary World, a place rumored to be free of the monsters and magic that define their own.

Anderson masterfully blends the familiar, poignant voice of a pre-teen's journal with a richly imagined world where the impossible is mundane. Readers who crave adventure stories with high emotional stakes will connect deeply with Gracie's fierce loyalty and the family's palpable desperation, making the journey feel both fantastical and profoundly real. The novel leaves a lasting impression about the lengths we go to for family and the hidden strength found on the road less traveled.