{"product_id":"louisianas-way-home-9781536207996","title":"Louisiana's Way Home","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller! \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Louisiana, with her quick, insightful takes on everyone she meets, grabbed readers' hearts in \u003ci\u003eRaymie Nightingale\u003c\/i\u003e, and in this book she isn't about to let go.\" -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Louisiana Elefante's granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn't overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana's life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town -- including a surly motel owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder -- she starts to worry that she is destined only for goodbyes. Called \"one of DiCamillo's most singular and arresting creations\" by the\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003ethe heartbreakingly irresistible\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLouisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in\u003ci\u003e Raymie Nightingale.\u003c\/i\u003e Now, with humor and tenderness, Kate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate DiCamillo \u003c\/b\u003eis one of America's most beloved storytellers. She is a former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a two-time winner of the Newbery Medal, for \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Despereaux \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFlora \u0026amp; Ulysses\u003c\/i\u003e. Born in Philadelphia, she grew up in Florida and now lives in Minneapolis, where she faithfully writes two pages a day, five days a week.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599776649490,"sku":"9781536207996","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2e363770-18f4-494b-bc10-0aec0f62a1a7.jpg?v=1748603831","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/louisianas-way-home-9781536207996","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}