Louisiana's grandmother woke her out of the blue and said, "The day of reckoning is coming, we must go" and off they went. Leaving Florida and everything Louisiana knew and loved behind. Granny was vague about their plans but whatever plans she had derailed when she became ill and lands them in Richford, Georgia. It is in Georgia Louisiana begins to unravel the mysteries of her.

This is another win for Kate DiCamillo in my book. Revisiting a character from the her novel, Raymie Nightingale, Louisiana's story is a wonderful telling of her bittersweet life and the difficult circumstances she meets along her way. It is DiCamillo at her best in my opinion.