A #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
An Indie Next Pick
Beverly Tapinski has run away from home plenty of times, but that was when she was just a kid. By now, she figures, ita�TMs not running away. Ita�TMs leaving. Determined to make it on her own, Beverly finds a job and a place to live and tries to forget about her dog, Buddy, now buried underneath the orange trees back home; her friend Raymie, whom she left without a word; and her mom, Rhonda, who has never cared about anyone but herself. Beverly doesna�TMt want to depend on anyone, and she definitely doesna�TMt want anyone to depend on her. But despite her best efforts, she cana�TMt help forming connections with the people around her a�" and gradually, she learns to see herself through their eyes. In a touching, funny, and fearless conclusion to her sequence of novels about the beloved Three Rancheros, #1 New York Times bestselling author Kate DiCamillo tells the story of a character who will break your heart and put it back together again.
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