The book related the story of a young girl, MIM- Mary Iris Malone, who discovers that her mom is sick. She lives with her dad and her stepmom in Mississippi whereas her mother is in Cleveland. She wants to find her and the book is about all the journey to get there: the people she met, the adventure in the bus and how she will succeed. There is however a running motto all along the book “Mim is not okay” and she really isn’t.
The main theme treated in Mosquitoland is the road trip but more than anything the search of oneself. In fact, MIM is trying to escape