Louisiana's Way Home by Kate DiCamilloMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I read this for the #BitAboutBooks Spring Reading Challenge for the pre2020 book. I read this awesome Kate DiCamillo book about one of Raymie Nightingale's best friends, Louisiana Elefante. When Louisiana is uprooted one night by her Granny and taken for a midnight ride she is not surprised because this has happened before. There is a curse on her family and Granny tells her the day of reckoning has come. What she does not make immediately apparent is that she will not be taking Louisiana back home to Florida to her friends, dog and cat. Instead a saga unfolds and the reader and Louisiana learn a whole lot about her life. With this new information, her Granny unfit and unwilling to help Louisiana; Louisiana begins to fend for herself. I loved Louisiana; her honesty despite the manipulations of her Granny, her friendliness to everyone she meets and her beautiful singing voice that brings people to tears. The way Kate DiCamillo delivers this story as Louisiana narrates is simply authentic, real, and beautiful.
View all my reviews
No comments:
Post a Comment