FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KATE DICAMILLO Revisiting once again the world of Raymie Nightingale, two-time Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo turns her focus to the tough-talking, inescapably tenderhearted Beverly. Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. Now that she's fourteen, she figures it’s not running away; it’s leaving, Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live. She tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her fiend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never eared about anyone ‘but herself Beverly doesn’t want to depend on anyone, and she definitely doesn’t want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts, she can't help forming connections with the people around her —and gradually, she learns to see herself through their eyes. In 2 touching, funny, and fearless conclusion to her sequence of novels: about the beloved Three Rancheros, #1 New York Times best selling author Kate DiCamillo tells the story of a character who will break your heart and put it back together again, (On sale September 24,2019 - HC: 9780763694647 - Alo available a: an obook - $16.99 (519.99 CAN) - Age 10 and up » 256 pages ec CANDLEWICK PRESS ‘wi eandlewick comKate DiCamillo’s trio of novels covers the coming-of-age experience. CUM i BEVERLY, NIGHTINGALE \ ea ii “Raymie “Louisiana’s “Beverly, Nightingale Way Home Right Here is about is about is about the saving deciding who acting on that grace of you are. knowledge friendship. of who you are. “They are all stories of becoming, | think.” —KATE DiCAMILLO é CANDLEWICK PRESS ‘www eandlewick comAbout author KATE DiCAMILLO Kate DiCamillo’s writing journey hasbeen atruly remarkable one. She grew up in Florida and moved to Minnesota in her twenties, when homesickness and a bitter winter led her to write Because of Winn-Dixie—her frst published novel, which became a runaway bestseller and snapped up a Newbery Honor. The Tiger Rising, her second novel, was also set in Florida and went on to become a National Book Award finalist. Since then, the best selling author has explored settings as varied as a medieval castle and a magician's theater while continuing to enjoy great suceess, winning two Newbery Medals and being named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. She now has almost 30 million books in print worldwide. In 2016, Kate DiCamillo published her most autobiographical novel to date, Raymie Nightingale, which was a National Book Award finalist. And then, for the first time ever, she returned to the world of a previous novel in Louisiana's Way Home to tell us more about & character that her fans already knew and loved, ‘That novel garnered seven starzed reviews and was, like its predecessor, a #1 New York Times bestseller. And now Kate DiCamillo returns once more to complete the Three Rancheros’ stories by writing ‘book about tough-as nails Beverly Tapinski Kate DiCamillo’s books’ themes of hope and belief amid impossible circumstances and their messages of shared humanity and connectedness have resonated with readers of all ages around the world. In her instant #1 New York Times bestseller The Miraculous Journey of Baward Tulane, a haughty china rabbit undergoes a profound transformation after finding himself facedown on the ocean floor —lost and waiting to be found. The “Tale of Despereaux —the Newbery Medal-winning novel that later inspired an animated adventure from Universal Pictures — stars tiny mouse with exceptionally large ears who is driven by love to become an unlikely hero, The Magician's Elephant, an acclaimed and exquisitely paced fable, dares to ask the question What ? And Kate DiCamillo’ second Newbery Medal winner, Flora & Ulysses, was released in 2013 to great acclaim, garnering, five starred reviews and an instant spot on the New York Times bestseller list. Born in Philadelphie but raised in the South, Kate DiCamillo now lives in Minneapolis. ¢ CANDLEWICK PRESS. ‘wie eandlewick com