num_pages: 240
description: From two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes a story of discovering who you are  and deciding who you want to be.When Louisiana Elefantes 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 isnt 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 Louisianas 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 good-byes. (Which could be due to the curse on Louisianas and Grannys heads. But that is a story for another time.)Called one of DiCamillos most singular and arresting creations by The New York Times Book Review the heartbreakingly irresistible Louisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in Raymie Nightingale  and now with humor and tenderness Kate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.
language: English
title: Louisiana's Way Home
publisher: Candlewick