Beverly, Right Here by Kate DiCamillo
Published by Candlewick Press on September 24th 2019
ISBN: 0763694649
Pages: 256
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In Beverly, Right Here, Kate DiCamillo concludes the story of three friendships that started with Raymie Nightingale and Louisiana’s Way Home.

Beverly is fourteen and seems to be lost. Her best friend Louisiana has moved to Georgia; Buddy, the dog that she, Louisiana and Raymie had rescued has now died — what is she going to do? Leave. Everyone is else , why not her. Beverly hitches a ride with her cousin to Tamaray Beach where she finds a job at Mr. C’s seaside restaurant busing tables, moves in with elderly Iola and makes a new friend at Zoom City.  Despite acting like she doesn’t care, Beverly really does and finds that her new friends care about her as well.

Recommended for grades 5 and up.

Reviewed by Kristin Taylor, Biddeford High School, Biddeford.