Raymie Nightingale
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Publication Year
2016
ISBN
9781443155045
Pages
263 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Hoping that if she wins a local beauty pageant her father will come home, Raymie practices twirling a baton and performing good deeds as she is drawn into an unlikely friendship with a drama queen and a saboteur.
Grade Level
6-8
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Single parent; Separation; single mother; separated parents
Main Character
girl
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
separated parents
Awards
Berkshire Book Award, 2017, Longlist, Children's Book
Cybils Awards, 2016, Nominee, Middle Grade Fiction
National Book Award, 2016, Finalist, Young People's Literature
Parents' Choice Award, 2016, Gold, Fiction
Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, 2017, Finalist, Juvenile Book
Southern Book Prize, 2017, Finalist, Juvenile Book
Keywords
beauty contests; competition; dysfunctional families; family problems; friendship
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
DiCamillo, Kate, "Raymie Nightingale" (2016). Diverse Families. 1233.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1233