![]() Part family story, part beekeeping odyssey, The Honey Bus is a rich and lyrical memoir of a girl who journeyed into the hive-and found herself. The bees became a guiding force in May's life, teaching her about family and survival, and it was during this pivotal time in May's childhood that she learned to take care of herself. May turned to her grandfather and the art of beekeeping as an escape from her troubled reality. The Honey Bus 'A fascinating and hopeful book of family, bees, and how even when children are overwhelmed with despair, nature has special ways to keep them safe.' KIRKUS 'Do not pass up on this book.' USA TODAY 'May delivers a powerful account of growing up in 1970s California. Everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her eyes, in the secret world of bees. The Honey Bus by Meredith May is an upcoming young adult novel about a girl named Lulu who lives in the wilderness in Northern California, and her summer working at The Honey Busa mobile beekeeping unit run by her father. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. ![]() ![]() Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. An unforgettable story about finding home in the most unusual of places, and how a tiny, little-understood insect could save a life. ![]()
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