Kate DiCamillo's novel, Raymie Nightingale, is a young adult book about a girl who discovers there are some things within her control and other things that she simply has to accept. Raymie Clarke takes her inspiration from Florence Nightingale as she struggles with being abandoned by her father and the trials of new friendships. The novel's main themes are abandonment, friendship, optimism and reality.
"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...
Read more
Kate DiCamillo