Beverly, the third girl from the book
Raymie Nightingale, has just buried Buddy, her pet dog. She has had enough of her life with her alcoholic mother so she hitches a ride with her cousin Joe Travis Joy to the next town. As she explores the town by the ocean, she meets Iola, an elderly woman who cannot drive to BINGO. If Beverly (who is only fourteen) drives her to the VFW to play BINGO, Iola will feed her (tuna melts) and give her a place to sleep. Beverly agrees. Just down the road she gets a job busing at a fish restaurant (She hates fish!) and forms a friendship with Elmer who works at Zoom City, a discount store.
Various people surround Beverly, giving her a place to heal and to walk bravely.
I love these companion novels-
Raymie Nightingale, Louisiana's Way Home and
Beverly, Right Here and highly recommend them.
-Borrowed from the library.
Warning/points to discuss: running away, her cousin Joe Travis smokes and offers her a cigarette (she refuses), an uncaring, alcoholic mother, driving illegally, the only "Christian" represented is a weird lady who pushes tracks on kids with very scary pictures.
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