Raymie Nightingale (Paperback)

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Three girls meet in a baton twirling class. Each of them hopes to win the Little Miss Southern Florida contest. Each of them needs to win. What they find instead is a strange adventure and true friendship. Kate DiCamillo writes in her typical quirky and honest way.
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Raymie Clarke r alise que tout, mais absolument tout, d pend d'elle. Et elle a un plan. Si Raymie gagne le concours Little Miss Central Florida Tire, alors son p re, qui a quitt la ville il y a deux jours avec une hygi niste dentaire, verra la photo de Raymie dans les journaux et il reviendra la maison. Pour gagner, non seulement Raymie doit faire de bonnes actions et apprendre manier le b ton, mais elle doit aussi composer avec la toute menue Louisina Elefante qui s' vanouit constamment et qui a de l'exp rience dans le monde du spectacle, et la f roce et ent t e Beverly Tapinski qui est d termin e saboter le concours. l'approche du concours, la solitude, le deuil et des questions sans r ponses possibles cr ent entre les trois filles des liens d'amiti insolites et mettent au d fi chacune d'entre elles de venir la rescousse de fa ons inattendues.
Raymie Clarke has come to realize that everything, absolutely everything, depends on her. And she has a plan. If Raymie can win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, then her father, who left town two days ago with a dental hygienist, will see Raymie's picture in the paper and (maybe) come home. To win, not only does Raymie have to do good deeds and learn how to twirl a baton; she also has to contend with the wispy, frequently fainting Louisiana Elefante, who has a show-business background, and the fiery, stubborn Beverly Tapinski, who's determined to sabotage the contest. But as the competition approaches, loneliness, loss, and unanswerable questions draw the three girls into an unlikely friendship -- and challenge each of them to come to the rescue in unexpected ways.
Original title: Raymie Nightingale
About the Author
Kate DiCamillo est l'auteure de plusieurs romans ? succ's pour les jeunes, dont La qu?te de Despereaux et Winn-Dixie, respectivement r?cipiendaires de la m?daille Newbery et d'un honneur Newbery. Ces deux histoires touchantes ont connu un grand succ's aupr's des jeunes avant d'?tre port?es au grand ?cran. Elle s'est par ailleurs alli?e ? l'illustrateur de renom Chris Van Dusen pour offrir aux lecteurs d?butants une collection de petits romans irr?sistibles mettant en vedette Mercy Watson, un adorable cochon. Son roman dernier roman Les aventures de Flora et Ulysse a remport? la m?daille Newbery en 2014. Kate habite Minneapolis, aux ?tats-Unis. Kate DiCamillo is one of America's most beloved storytellers. She is the National Ambassador for Young People's Literature and a two-time Newbery Medalist. 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.