DiCamillo, Kate Raymie Nightingale, 263 pages. Candlewick
Press, 2016. $8.
Content: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG.
Content: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: PG.
Ten year old Raymie Clarke starts baton
twirling lessons because she wants to enter the Little Miss Central
Florida Tire competition. Raymie thinks
if she can win the competition she might get her father to come back, since he
ran off with a dental hygienist and left Raymie and her mother. What Raymie finds at baton lessons is two
quirky friends, named Louisiana and Beverly, who have their own reasons for
wanting to win the Little Miss contest.
Raymie quickly realizes that she is not the only one with problems and
the three girls start to become friends while trying to figure out life along
the way.
DiCamillo does character
development so well. I loved each of the
girls and loved getting to know them and their stories. The plot line is simple and some questions are left unanswered at the end, but it’s a satisfying read about
friendship and believing in yourself. I
totally enjoyed it.
EL - ESSENTIAL, MS –
OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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