I really liked this one. Raymie wants to win Little Miss Central Florida Tire because she believes it will bring her father back. He ran away with a dental hygienist. She is taking baton lessons with Ida Mae, because that's a skill that will help her win the contest. She meets two other girls there, Louisiana and Beverly, and their friendship teaches them all things that summer that Little Miss Central Florida Tire alone never could.

This has a mystical, dreamy quality to it that I enjoyed. It seems that most of my friends who had read this before me had not been a fan, so I went in with apprehension. I was drawn in to the story. It is one that I will want to ask my patrons if they enjoy, because I wonder if it is one that adults will enjoy more than children.