How to Avoid Extinction

"How to Avoid Extinction" follows Leo, a young boy grappling with the recent loss of his grandfather. His grandmother, still deeply grieving, impulsively decides to take the dinosaur-hunting road trip to Utah that she and her late husband had planned. Leo, along with his quirky seventeen-year-old cousin Abby and her old Golden Retriever, Kermit, finds himself on an unsanctioned cross-country journey. This chapter book explores themes of grief, family bonds, responsibility, and the adventure of discovery, all while Leo tries to keep their secret from his mother. It's a heartwarming and poignant story about finding new ways to connect and heal.