Hello everyone! We are so excited to announce the tour schedule for King Coyote by Rachael Meyers Jones.

April 13th
Boys’ Mom Reads! – Review
Mx. Phoebe’s Viewpoint – Favorite Quotes
April 14th
Ilovebooksandstuffblog – Promotional Post
The Clever Reader – Promotional Post
April 15th
The Brave Bookshelf with Kim Bartosch – Top 5 Reasons to Read King Coyote, Tik Tok
The Book Dutchesses – Promotional Post
April 16th
Lia Anshar’s Honest Pages – Review
April 17th
Confessions of a YA Reader – Promotional Post
April 18th
The Violet West – Top 5 Reasons to Read King Coyote
April 19th
the nutty bookworm reads alot – Review

April 13th
mxphoebesviewpoint – Favorite Quotes
onemused – Promotional Post
mama_coffee_books_cardigans – Promotional Post
April 14th
ilovebooksandstuffblog -Promotional Post
thecleverreader – Promotional Post
rickys_radical_reads – Promotional Post
April 15th
kimbartosch – Top 5 Reasons to Read King Coyote, Tik Tok
thebookdutchesses – Promotional Post
markita_reads – Review
April 16th
lia.anshar – Review
nissa_the.bookworm – Promotional Post
ninebookishlives – Promotional Post
April 17th
aneedleinmybookstack – Review
stitchsaddiction – Review
bookdemonio – Promotional Post
April 18th
therearenobadbooks – Top 5 Reasons to Read King Coyote
meghenslittlelibrary – Creative Post
April 19th
enthuse_reader – Review
mrs.brasingtonreads – Review


Genre: Middle Grade Fantasy
Publishing date: April 14, 2026
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Rep: Black
Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old King has been banished to the Vermont woods for the summer, and there’s nothing he can do about it. As if his parents getting divorced wasn’t bad enough, they’ve shipped him off to his aunt and uncle’s house to protect him like he’s some baby. The only bright side is being reunited with his favorite cousin, Nat, who he hasn’t seen in years.
At first, King wants nothing more than to go home to Boston. There are barely any other Black people in Vermont, the townsfolk are mean to him, and his relatives don’t even have Wi-Fi to play games! But a late-night encounter with a young coyote changes his mind. King develops a bond with the creature, who seems just as lonely and misunderstood as he is. Then King’s uncle calls the local trappers, saying the coyote is a threat to their farm, and King is forced to decide: return home to Boston, or stay and save his new friend?
With the help of Nat, a veteran wilderness explorer and walking wildlife encyclopedia, King scales mountains, faces off against skunks, and sleeps under the stars to find a new home for the coyote—and just maybe, a home for himself, too.
Inspired by her own childhood traipsing through the Vermont wilderness, debut author Rachael MeyersJones brings a fresh take to the classic wilderness survival tale.
Content Warning: racism, mentions of putting an animal down, animal cruelty


Rachael MeyersJones is a neurospicy writer and nonprofit executive director based in Oakland, California, where she lives with her husband and anxious black cat Chi Chi. Oakland is also known as Huichin, the unceded territory of the Chochenyo-speaking Ohlone people who continue to steward and thrive on the land. Rachael grew up in both Boston, Massachusetts, and the Northeast Kingdom, Vermont, splitting her time between urban and rural environments. Her writing has been shaped by her experiences as a Mixed Black woman, and by the many amazing young people she’s known throughout her career. Rachael strives to build and protect consistent communities of care for Black & Brown youth. She loves cooking for her friends and family, making stained glass windows and other visual arts, Prince, and being outside by a lake somewhere. Rachael is the Executive Director of Youth on Root, a grassroots youth environmental justice leadership nonprofit based in California. Her debut novel, King Coyote, will be released on April 14th, 2026.
