Readers will approach the tense and dramatic conclusion and realize how much each word matters. DiCamillo’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 and her quirky new friends, Louisiana Elefante and Beverly Tapinski, have all lost parents and seek ways to move on with their lives and to protect one another along the way. Her father will see it and be so proud that he’ll return home to be with her.
She is determined to learn how to twirl a baton, win the title of Miss Central Florida Tire 1975, and get her photograph in the newspaper.
Raymie feels “alone, lost, cast adrift.” Her father has run off with a dental hygienist. Ten-year-old Raymie Clarke of Lister, Florida, has a plan to get her father to come back home.
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