Messner, Kate.
THE EXACT LOCATION OF HOME
New York : Bloomsbury, 2017
IL 3-6, RL 5.1
ISBN  978-1-68119-548-3

(2 booktalks)

Booktalk #1

When Zig hasn’t heard from his dad in a while, he thinks he may be trying to communicate with him through geocaching. It doesn’t help that Zig feels his mother is keeping a secret from him, which only gets worse when they lose their apartment and are forced to live in a shelter for their home. Zig’s search for his father leads him to discover that home isn’t always a fixed set of coordinates. Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2018-2019

Booktalk #2

Geocaching is a treasure hunt using a GPS, and finding a cache is like solving a mystery. Zig wants to solve the mystery of where his dad is and why he isn't giving his mom child support right now. His mom is struggling with working and finishing school, and financial help from his dad would make a huge difference to Zig's life. Zig is worried because his mom can't pay the rent. When Zig finds a GPS at a garage sale, he goes geocaching and thinks he's found clues to solve the mystery of his dad. Read The Exact Location of Home to follow Zig's search for answers about his dad and why his mom is struggling so much! (Prepared by: Melanie Starks, East Aiken School of the Arts, mstarks@acpsd.net for South Carolina Book Award)