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Raymie Nightingale
Lexile Level: 550L
Pages: 263
Summary:
Raymie’s father leaves her and her mother, and runs off with a dental hygienist. Raymie is determined to win back her Father’s love, so she devises a plan. She figures that if she can win the “Little Miss Central Florida Tire Pageant” her Father will see her in the paper and come home. During her quest to win this pageant, she meets two girls: Louisiana & Beverly. Even though these girls seem to be entirely different from each other, they hav ...more
Lexile Level: 550L
Pages: 263
Summary:
Raymie’s father leaves her and her mother, and runs off with a dental hygienist. Raymie is determined to win back her Father’s love, so she devises a plan. She figures that if she can win the “Little Miss Central Florida Tire Pageant” her Father will see her in the paper and come home. During her quest to win this pageant, she meets two girls: Louisiana & Beverly. Even though these girls seem to be entirely different from each other, they hav ...more
A tender story of friendship and bravery. Friendship blossoms between 3 girls who are fighting battles of loss/abandonment, hunger and abuse. The "Three Rancheros" work together through their struggles and have adventures and self discoveries. Throughout the book there was a good balance of humor a heaviness. Though this story tugged at my heart strings and was beautifully written, it wasn't my necessarily my favorite of DiCamillo's books.
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I really liked this book. The writing is beautiful. It is so introspective and poignant. I just have a hard time believing that kids will really like it. It's not heavy on plot, it's a little slow and sad. It will be interesting to see what the committee makes of it.
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Contemporary Realistic Fiction with a southern setting and quirky characters. Some humor to balance serious life situations, Audio narrator added to the already detailed characterizations. Measured pace with a detailed sense of place.
It's a little bit sad, a little bit amusing, a little bit silly, with a lot of wisdom and hope sprinkled throughout. I admire this author's writing. She makes things like a single light bulb, a shopping cart, and a bowl of candy corn portray human feelings and emotions. And the cat, of course! We mustn't forget Archie!
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I'm a Kate DiCamillo fan, but some of hers I like more than others. This one includes her signature quirky characters, which is always great fun and smacks of her southern writers tradition, and I believe girls exploring friendship will relate to it. I find that her novels often include an elderly wise woman and (though not Dr. Meecham or Gloria Dump) DiCamillo did not disappoint. I enjoyed it, but don't expect it to win another Newbery.
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There was nothing wrong with the story but I just didn't care.
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