Louisiana’s Way Home

As featured on The Today ShowΓÇÖs Read with Jenna Jr. Book Club From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes the New York Times bestselling story of discovering who you are ΓÇö and deciding who you want to be. When Louisiana ElefanteΓÇÖs granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately,Louisiana isnΓÇÖt overly worried. After allGranny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this timethings are different. This timeGranny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friendsRaymie and BeverlyLouisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as LouisianaΓÇÖs life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town ΓÇö including a surly motel ownera walrus-like ministerand a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder ΓÇö she starts to worry that she is destined only for good-byes. (Which could be due to the curse on Louisiana’s and GrannyΓÇÖs heads. But that is a story for another time.) Called ΓÇ£one of DiCamilloΓÇÖs most singular and arresting creationsΓÇ¥ by The New York Times Book Reviewthe heartbreakingly irresistible Louisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in Raymie Nightingale ΓÇö and nowwith humor and tendernessKate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.