Louisiana’s Way Home Written by Kate DiCamillo Candlewick Press, 2018 Buy Now on Amazon: Hardcover | Kindle “I am going to write it all down, so that what happened to me will be known, so that if someone were to stand at their window at night and look up at the stars and think, My goodness, whatever happened to Louisiana Elefante? Where did she go? They will have an answer. They will know. This is what happened. I will begin at the beginning.” —Louisiana Elefante I may have l

The Splintered Light Written by Ginger Johnson Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2018 Buy Now on Amazon: Hardcover The Splintered Light was a delight to read, full of beauty and mystery. In Ginger Johnson’s debut novel, we’re introduced to main character Ishmael who goes in search of his older brother, Luc, who disappeared months ago. Things have deteriorated at home since Luc left. Their father died tragically, their mother is overworked with too many mouths to feed, and Ismael i