This is one of those books I somehow managed to string out over the course of a year. I liked it so much that I didn't want to finish it. I was sad to have reached the end, but the ending wasn't what I was certain it would be for the last few months before I finished it. Great book!

I was clear into my teenage years growing up in rural North Dakota when I finally figured out the name was not in fact Haulin' Oats, which made complete sense to me living in farm country because, that's just what people do.