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Candlewick Press (MA), 2020-24-03

Louisiana's Way Home

Louisiana's Way Home

Kate DiCamillo, Author

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9781536207996

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."..was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1964. She received an English degree from the University of Florida. At the age of thirty, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota and worked for a book warehouse on the children's floor. After working there for four and a half years, she fell in love with children's books and began writing. DiCamillo wrote the 2001 Newbery-honor book, Because of Winn-Dixie, which was adapted into a film in 2005. In 2004, she won the Newbery Medal for The Tale of Despereaux, which was also adapted into a movie in 2008, and for Flora and Ulysses in 2013. Her other works include the Mercy Watson series, The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane, and The Magician's Elephant. She was named the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress for the term 2014-2015."--
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Louisiana’s voice is unforgettable—vulnerable, funny, and brave. Her search for home, identity, and belonging speaks to anyone who’s faced uncertainty with courage and grace.

Keywords and Themes: Belief • Bravery • Change • Courage • Family • Friendship • General • Growth • Historical • Hope • Identity • Individuality • Juvenile Fiction • Multigenerational • Orphans & Foster Homes • Resilience • Self-Discovery • Social Themes

Readability • 3.9

Age Range • 10-0

Pages • 240

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Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship

A New York Times bestseller!

"Louisiana, with her quick, insightful takes on everyone she meets, grabbed readers' hearts in Raymie Nightingale, and in this book she isn't about to let go." -- The New York Times Book Review

When Louisiana Elefante's 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 isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana's life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town -- including a surly motel owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder -- she starts to worry that she is destined only for goodbyes. Called "one of DiCamillo's most singular and arresting creations" by the New York Times Book Review, the heartbreakingly irresistible Louisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in Raymie Nightingale. Now, with humor and tenderness, Kate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.

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