Sara Cassidy has worked as a newspaper reporter and a tree planter in five Canadian provinces. Her books for young readers have received many honors, including being short-listed for the Chocolate Lily Book Award, the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award and the Bolen Books Children's Book Prize. Three are Junior Library Guild selections. She also writes poetry and short fiction, and works as an editor.

In this illustrated early chapter book, Jolene travels with her long-haul trucker father to Los Angeles.