Louisiana’s Way Home (Three Rancheros, #2) by Kate DiCamillo,
227 pages. Candlewick Press, 2018. $17.
Content: Language: G; Mature Content: G; Violence: G.
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS – ESSENTIAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH
Louisiana’s grandmother, Granny, wakes
Louisiana up in the middle of the night and makes her get in the car. Granny drives through the night, but when
Granny’s tooth pain becomes too much, Louisiana must drive even though she has
no experience and she is only ten years old.
Eventually Louisiana stops in a small town and locates a dentist, who
removes Granny’s teeth. Louisiana and
Granny must find a way to let the local motel allow them to stay even though
they don’t have much money. Louisiana
meets new people and learns things about herself that she didn’t want to know.
I love the three friends, Raymie, Beverly and
Louisiana from the novel Raymie Nightingale, so I was excited to read Louisiana’s story. The story
line tugged at my heart because Louisiana is such a lovable personality and her
life isn’t easy. In usual DiCamillo
fashion, strangers help Louisiana and she works through her heartbreak. You can read this book out of order or not
read the others in the series and the story will make sense, but the characters
are so endearing it is worth reading them in order.
Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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