In Louisiana's Way Home, the reader follows the titular Louisiana Elefante as she embarks on an adventure of self-discovery. Ripped from her home in Florida in the middle of the night, she is taken across state lines to Georgia by her grandmother as they attempt to escape a family curse. Angry and lost, Louisiana is forced to confront difficult truths about her past and make choice about who she will be as a person. Written as a long letter to a loved one now lost, Louisiana's Way Home highlights the trials and tribulations of a precocious child as she grows into maturity earlier than her peers.
"My name is India Opal Buloni, and last summer my daddy, the preacher, sent me to the store for a box of macaroni-and-cheese, some white rice, and two tomatoes and I came back with a dog." Thus begins...
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Kate DiCamillo