El verano de Raymie Nightingale (Paperback)

from rjrubylou

Summary:When Raymie's dad run's off with his dental hygienist she is convinced that if she just learns to twirl a baton she will be able to win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition. Her dad will see her picture in the paper, and come back to the family. She did plan on meeting Louisia...

from howifeelaboutbooks

Raymie's father ran off with his dental hygienist, leaving Raymie alone with her mother. Raymie decides to take baton twirling lessons so she can win a beauty contest in her town. Once she wins, she'll be featured in the paper, and she knows her dad will see it, miss her, and come back home. But ...

from brangwinn

Lucky me-at least I hoped so when I received a Library Thing review copy. But when reading an author I love, there's always that fear that this book won't live up to my hopes. When I tell you the book is about three girls who don't seem to have much a future: Raymie, whose father left and whose m...

from Whisper1

DiCamillo is one of my favorite authors. Consistent with her ability to create loving and lovable characters who poignantly struggle with difficulties early in life, once again this Newbery Medal Award winning author created yet another magical, marvelous story of love, loss, hardship, and the ab...

from AbigailAdams26

Struggling to cope with the grief and loss attendant on her father's decision to abandon his wife and daughter and run off with another woman, young Raymie Clarke has a plan. She will win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire 1975 competition, get her name in the papers, and remind her father of h...