Revisiting once again the world of Raymie Nightingale and Louisiana's Way Home twice winner of the Newbery Medal Kate DiCamillo turns her focus to the tough-talking inescapably tenderhearted Beverly Tapinski.

Beverly put her foot down on the gas. They went faster still. This was what Beverly wanted what she always wanted. To get away. To get away as fast as she could. To stay away. Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times but that was when she was just a kid. By now she figures its not running away ... its leaving. Determined to make it on her own Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog Buddy now buried underneath the orange trees back home her friend Raymie whom she left without a word and her mum Rhonda who has never cared about anyone but herself.

Beverly doesnt want to depend on anyone and she definitely doesnt want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts she cant help forming connections with the people around her and gradually she learns to see herself through their eyes. In a touching funny and fearless conclusion to her sequence of novels about the beloved Three Rancheros 1 New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo tells the story of a character who will break your heart and put it back together again.

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- The ninth major novel from America's most beloved storyteller twice winner of the Newbery Medal perfect for fans of David Almond and Katherine Rundell.
-The Tale of Despereaux won the Newbery Medal and was made into a major motion picture. Flora and Ulysses The Illuminated -Adventures won the Newbery Medal and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
-A gift hardback with a jacket with stunningly realised artwork by Amy June Bates.