![]() ![]() For Raymie, who wants to be special enough to bring her father home, friendship changes nothing, and yet it changes everything. Beverly comforts Louisiana by reminding her of their successful day. Louisiana thinks about Archie and gets upset. The house has no electricity, and the room darkens as a storm rolls in. It turns out they all are bold and fearless and uncertain and sweet in a tender and funny novel that exposes the hope in their connection. Raymie, Beverly, and Louisiana sit with Granny on the floor eating tuna fish out of cans and drinking water out of paper cups. (They can’t afford human food, either.) In between, the girls discover things about one another and about themselves. Later, the three try to liberate Louisiana’s beloved cat, Archie, from the grim shelter where her Grandma took him because they can’t afford cat food. Raymie is a 10-year-old girl struggling to come to terms with the loss of her father, who abandoned her and her mother for a younger woman. While Raymie Nightingale is written for a middle-grade audience, it is a moving novel that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. Bold, brash, seemingly fearless Beverly naive, sweet Louisiana and uncertain Raymie first bond trying to reclaim a library book about Florence Nightingale from the nursing home where Raymie left it in a panic after the resident to whom she was going to read started screaming. middle-grade Raymie Nightingale is striking for its portrait of 10-year-old Raymie Clarke, who hopes to win the contest and push her father, who has abandoned the family, to come home. This story set in a small Florida town in the 1970s moves quickly while capturing the hot, timeless feel of summer as the three girls form an unlikely, not always easy friendship. At baton twirling lessons she meets Louisiana Elefante and Beverly Tapinski. Raymie, 10, is determined to become Little Miss Florida Central Tire so her father, an insurance agent who recently ran off with a dental hygienist, will read about her in the paper and realize his mistake. ISBN: 978-0-7636-8117-3 Ages 8-11 Raymie, 10, is determined to become Little Miss Florida Central Tire so her father, an insurance agent who recently ran off with a dental hygienist, will read about her in the paper and realize his mistake. 272 pages Raymie Nightingale by Kate DiCamillo ![]()
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