Ten-year-old Raymie Clarke has a foolproof plan to fix her broken family. If she can just win the Little Miss Central Florida Tire competition, her father—who recently left town—will see her picture in the newspaper and come right back home. But winning a beauty pageant is not easy. Raymie must learn to twirl a baton, perform good deeds, and outshine the competition. That competition includes Louisiana Elefante, a wispy girl with a flair for show business who faints constantly, and Beverly Tapinski, a fierce and stubborn girl who is determined to sabotage the entire contest. As the pageant draws closer, these three very different girls are drawn together by their shared loneliness and unanswerable questions. What starts as a fierce rivalry slowly blossoms into an unforgettable summer friendship. This National Book Award Finalist is a masterful, moving story about loss, hope, and the unexpected ways we rescue each other.