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In Louisianas Way Home, award-winning author Kate DiCamillo expands on the story of Louisiana Elefante, a fan-favorite character from 2016s Raymie Nightingale.
When Louisianas Granny wakes her in the middle of the night, she claims its the day of reckoning1 and says they have to leave town. After a long, eventful2 drive across the Florida-Georgia state line, Grannys toothache forces them to stop in a quirky small town with a motel, a church and a friendly boy with a pet crow. Louisiana desperately3 wants to return to Florida and reunite with her best friends, but Granny has other plans. As Louisiana learns something new about her past and grows closer to the people of the town, will she be able to choose between making a new home and returning to her old one?
The magic of DiCamillos storytelling is in its simple, believable realism. Some people are kind, some are less so. The world can be harsh4, even terrible, but it can also be beautiful. The way Louisiana notices, takes in and shares this wisdom is what makes DiCamillo one of our finest storytellers. This lovely story of independence and community will resonate5 with readers of all ages.
在《路易斯安娜的回家路》中,獲獎作家凱特·迪卡米洛講述了2016年的作品《雷米·南丁格爾》中一個最受粉絲歡迎的角色路易斯安娜·艾萊凡特的故事。
路易斯安娜的奶奶半夜叫醒她,說這天是最后的審判日,并說他們必須離開小鎮(zhèn)。駕車經(jīng)過漫長、不太平的旅程穿越佛羅里達(dá)州和喬治亞州的州際線后,奶奶的牙痛使她們不得不在一個古怪的小鎮(zhèn)上停下來,那里有一家汽車旅館、一座教堂,還有一個友善的男孩和他的寵物烏鴉。路易斯安娜極其想回到佛羅里達(dá)和她最好的朋友們團(tuán)聚,但奶奶另有計劃。當(dāng)路易斯安娜新了解到關(guān)于她的過去的一些事情,并且與鎮(zhèn)上的人們越來越親密時,她能在建一個新家和回到她以前的家之間做出選擇嗎?
迪卡米洛講故事的魔力在于其簡單、可信的現(xiàn)實(shí)主義風(fēng)格。有些人很善良,有些人則不那么善良。世界可以是嚴(yán)酷的,甚至是可怕的,但它也可以是美麗的。路易斯安娜發(fā)現(xiàn)、接受和分享這種道理的方式,正是迪卡米洛成為最好的小說家之一的原因。這個關(guān)于個人和群體的可愛的故事會引起所有年齡段的讀者的共鳴。
1. reckoning [ ] n. 計算;清算;算帳 day of reckoning 結(jié)賬日;最后審判日
2. eventful [ ] adj. 多事的;多變故的;重大的
3. desperately [ ] adv. 拼命地;絕望地;極度地
4. harsh [ ] adj. 嚴(yán)酷的;刺耳的;粗糙的;刺目的
5. resonate [ ] vt. & vi. 共鳴;共振