Recommended Age:
9
+
Best for independent readers who enjoy quiet, character-driven stories about unexpected friendship and the ways people help each other survive loss.
About the Book
In the summer of 1975, ten-year-old Raymie enters a baton-twirling contest hoping to win and bring her runaway father home, and along the way befriends two other girls—Louisiana and Beverly—who are each dealing with their own forms of loss and longing. A poignant and quietly funny novel about the unexpected ways people save each other. The first in a trilogy of interconnected standalone novels.
Content Ratings
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Moderate Themes
Raymie's father has abandoned the family, and she clings to the hope of his return; Louisiana has lost her grandmother; Beverly is in foster care and has experienced neglect; themes of abandonment, loss, and the search for safety are emotionally significant.
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No Violence
There is no physical violence; the only conflict is emotional and internal.
Engagement:
Genre:
Adventure
Published:
2016
Page Count:
272
