Louisiana’s Way Home

ΓÇ£Louisiana,with her quickinsightful takes on everyone she meetsgrabbed readersΓÇÖ hearts in Raymie Nightingaleand in this book she isnΓÇÖt about to let go.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇö The New York Times Book Review 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 immediatelyLouisiana 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 goodbyes. 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. Nowwith humor and tendernessKate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.