When Louisiana Elefante’s granny wakes her up in the middle of the night to tell her that the day of reckoning has arrived and they have to leave home immediately, Louisiana isn’t overly worried. After all, Granny has many middle-of-the-night ideas. But this time, things are different. This time, Granny intends for them never to return. Separated from her best friends, Raymie and Beverly, Louisiana struggles to oppose the winds of fate (and Granny) and find a way home. But as Louisiana’s life becomes entwined with the lives of the people of a small Georgia town — including a surly motel owner, a walrus-like minister, and a mysterious boy with a crow on his shoulder — she starts to worry that she is destined only for goodbyes. Called “one of DiCamillo’s most singular and arresting creations” by the New York Times Book Review, the heartbreakingly irresistible Louisiana Elefante was introduced to readers in Raymie Nightingale. Now, with humor and tenderness, Kate DiCamillo returns to tell her story.
 

 

路易絲安娜的奶奶又在半夜把她搖醒，告訴她「報應的日子」到了，她們得馬上離開家。路易絲安娜以為，奶奶遲早會回心轉意的，然後她們就會回家了。畢竟奶奶常在半夜突發奇想。但是這一次，不太一樣。這一次，奶奶打定主意，不再回來了。

 

路易絲安娜不想離開最要好的朋友蕾米和貝芙莉，所以她努力要反抗命運的風（和奶奶）、找到回家的辦法。但是路易絲安娜的生活逐漸和喬治亞州里奇福鎮上的人們交纏在一起──脾氣很硬的汽車旅館老闆、長得像海象的牧師，還有一個肩膀上老是停著一隻烏鴉的神祕男孩。當奶奶突然不告而別，留下一封有關她身世的信，她擔心她注定得不停的和身邊的人道別，就和奶奶一樣，身上有個揮不去的詛咒……