Sing, Unburied, Sing follows 13-year-old Jojo and his family - including his mother, Leonie, and younger sister, Kayla - as they embark on a road trip to Parchman Farm Penitentiary in rural Mississippi to pick up Jojo's white father, Michael, who is being released from prison. The novel explores themes of race, family, and the legacy of injustice in the American South, with a focus on the bonds between Jojo, his mother, and his father, as well as the influence of family history and trauma.