![]() ![]() The book culminates with a daring cat-rescue mission: fraught with adventure, danger, and a miracle or two, the escapade reveals how love and compassion can overcome even the highest hurdles. RAYMIE NIGHTINGALE By Kate DiCamillo 272 pp. She meets Louisiana and Beverly in a baton-twirling class, and the girls forge a friendship that will help each of them cope with their own losses. With extraordinary skill, two-time Newbery Medalist DiCamillo traces the girls’ growing trust in each other while using understated confessionals and subtly expressed yearnings to show how tragedies have affected each of them. Raymie enters a local pageant, hoping that the publicity will encourage her absent father to reach out to her. ![]() Raymie may not find answers to why the world exists or how the world works, but she can hold onto friends and begin to see more clearly the world as it is…Once again, DiCamillo demonstrates the power of simple words in a beautiful and wise tale. Readers will approach the tense and dramatic conclusion and realize how much each word matters. 28 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified A 2016 National Book Award Finalist Two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo returns to her. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central. While Raymie Nightingale is written for a middle-grade audience, it is a moving novel that can be enjoyed by readers of all ages. ( Booklist, starred review)ĭiCamillo’s third-person narrative is written in simple words, few exceeding three syllables, yet somehow such modest prose carries the weight of deep meditations on life, death, the soul, friendship, and the meaning of life without ever seeming heavy, and there’s even a miracle to boot. Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. middle-grade Raymie Nightingale is striking for its portrait of 10-year-old Raymie Clarke, who hopes to win the contest and push her father, who has abandoned the family, to come home. As they reach the top of the hill and look down the other side, Raymie is reminded of her father, and her mood saddens. ![]() The girls chat about Beverly’s mother and her work at Belknap Tower, the lights of which they can see high above the town. This is a read aloud of the book Raymie Nightingale by Katie DiCamillo whom all rights go to for this terrific story I hope you enjoy reading together from. As in her previous award-winning books, DiCamillo once again shows that life’s underlying sadnesses can also be studded with hope and humor, and does it in a way so true that children will understand it in their bones. Beverly pushes the cart loaded with Louisiana and Bunny up the hill. ![]()
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