Belle Praters Boy

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1429934247
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belle Prater's Boy written by Ruth White and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 1996-03-26 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around 5:00 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning on October 1953, my Aunt Belle left her bed and vanished from the face of the earth. Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle's son moves next door, she has her chance. Woodrow isn't as forthcoming as Gypsy hopes, yet he becomes more than just a curiosity to her-- during their sixth-grade year she finds that they have enough in common to be best friends. Even so, Gypsy is puzzled by Woodrow's calm acceptance of his mother's disappearance, especially since she herself has never gotten over her father's death. When Woodrow finally reveals that he's been keeping a secret about his mother, Gypsy begins to understand that there are different ways of finding the strength to face the truth, no matter how painful it is. Belle Prater's Boy is a 1996 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Fiction and a 1997 Newbery Honor Book.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 9781429934503
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Search for Belle Prater written by Ruth White and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2005-04-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to the beloved Newbery Honor Book, Belle Prater's Boy Since Belle Prater inexplicably disappeared about a year ago, her son, Woodrow, and his cousin Gypsy have been searching for answers. Then, on the stroke of midnight on Woodrow's birthday, the phone rings. No one is at the other end of the line, but Woodrow is certain it was his mama. They find out that the call was placed from nearby Bluefield, and set out to see if they can track her down. Joining them is Cassie Caulborne, the new girl in school, who is endowed with the gift of second sight. Unfortunately, they can find no trace of Belle. Once again, Woodrow realizes that perhaps even worse than not knowing where she is, is not understanding why his mama would leave him. How Woodrow, Gypsy, and Cassie come to understand the truth, and Woodrow eventually finds Belle, fills this oftrequested sequel to Belle Prater's Boy with magic and suspense. The Search for Belle Prater is a 2006 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0440413729
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Belle Prater's Boy written by Ruth White and published by Yearling. This book was released on 1996 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Belle Prater disappears, Belle’s boy, Woodrow, comes to live with his grandparents in Coal Station, Virginia. Woodrow’s cousin Gypsy is the town beauty, but she has hidden sorrows and secrets of her own. She wonders how Woodrow can accept his mother’s disappearance when she’s never gotten over her father’s death. That’s when Woodrow tells Gypsy the secret about his mother.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 0374377472
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Treasure of Way Down Deep written by Ruth White and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Ruby Jolene Hurley sees the shadow of her dead pet goat Jethro dancing on his grave, that's the first hint that something strange is going on in Way Down Deep. Then on Halloween night, Miss Arbutus senses an evil wind blowing into town, and bad things start to happen. The coal mine shuts down, one hundred men lose their jobs, and all of Way Down feels the pinch. Ruby thinks the answer to their problems is the treasure that Archibald Ward, the town's founder, supposedly buried more than two hundred years ago. Most people say the treasure is just a myth, but Ruby is determined to prove the naysayers wrong and save the day.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0375865969
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) written by Ruth White and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Meggie and David Blue are from another planet, they're a lot like Earth kids, with similar hopes and dreams, and can't wait to grow up. BUT they also have GROSSLY UNIQUE qualities, such as blue streaks in their hair that pop up randomly and language skills that sound like nothing on this planet. The story takes these alien kids, along with their mother and grandfather, by accident, to a far planet in which the society is not only oppressive but hostile to individual freedom. People are kept submissive through drugs and brainwashing. The Blues, who have spent time in free societies recognize the upside-down-ness of this world. They're almost helpless to do anything, but do what they can, plan their escape, and vow to help others.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1429934263
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Buttermilk Hill written by Ruth White and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2006-03-21 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding a way to cope through poetry The days seem carefree for Piper Berry in her hometown of Buttermilk Hill, North Carolina -- days filled with fishing with her daddy and ten-year-old aunt/best friend Lindy and listening to her grandmother's stories. But then Mama, Tiny Lambert (whom readers may remember from Weeping Willow), announces she wants more out of life than being a housewife, and Daddy thinks this is unreasonable. He moves out and that ugly word d-i-v-o-r-c-e becomes a reality. Soon Mama's time becomes consumed with waiting tables and taking college classes. Daddy remarries, adopts two sons, and has a new baby daughter. Piper can't help but feel as if she doesn't belong anywhere anymore, and her only comfort is found in spending time with Lindy and their friend Bucky, whose life is full of his own share of family trouble. Piper's growing interest in and talent for poetry help her find a voice to say the things that are hardest and make an important decision about following her own dreams.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1429936541
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tadpole written by Ruth White and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2003-03-11 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A funny and moving story set in Kentucky It's the beginning of summer 1955, and though her family is struggling financially, Carolina's mama still indulges her four daughters' whims, like springing for all of them to get permanents. Each of her older sisters seems to have cut out a niche for herself, but Carolina Collins is still trying to find her own special place in life. The girls' hardship is softened by the sudden appearance of their favorite cousin, Tadpole, a charismatic thirteen-year-old with a knack for guitar playing. Tad sees in Carolina a spirit and talent that no one has noticed before, and he predicts that she "is gonna surprise everybody one of these days." The Collinses soon learn the real reason for Tad's visit, however, and the weeks that follow are filled with dread that his abusive guardian will come and take him away. But Tad is not the sort of boy to succumb to a bully, and he and Carolina both have surprises in store for everyone. A Junior Library Guild Selection Tadpole is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312660960
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Way Down Deep written by Ruth White and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a touch of magic and a lot of heart, award winning author Ruth White tells the tale of Ruby, an orphan in the South in the 1940s, who discovers something stronger than family ties: love.

Author : Ruth White
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1429933704
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Month of Sundays written by Ruth White and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Garnet's mother decides it's time for a change, she drops off her daughter at her aunt June's house in Black Rock, Virginia, while she goes to Florida to find a job. Garnet has never met her Aunt June, so she feels angry and abandoned. But Aunt June thinks Garnet is there for a reason. Each week, Garnet and June visit a different religious service as Aunt June, who has cancer, tries to find God. After a miraculous spiritual healing occurs and an unexpected visitor comes to town, Garnet learns the power of love and forgiveness, and what being a family truly means.

Author : Patricia Reilly Giff
Publisher : Delacorte Press
ISBN 13 : 0385729936
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lily's Crossing written by Patricia Reilly Giff and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 2001-11-13 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “brilliantly told” (New York Times) Newbery Honor Book gives readers a sense of what it was like to be on the American home front while our soldiers were away fighting in World War II. As in past years, Lily will spend the summer in Rockaway, in her family’s summer house by the Atlantic Ocean. But this summer of 1944, World War II has changed everyone’s life. Lily’s best friend, Margaret, has moved to a wartime factory town, and, much worse, Lily’s father is going overseas to the war. There’s no one Lily’s age in Rockaway until the arrival of Albert, a refugee from Hungary with a secret sewn into his coat. Albert has lost most of his family in the war; he’s been through things Lily can’t imagine. But soon they form a special friendship. Now Lily and Albert have secrets to share: They both have told lies, and Lily has told one that may cost Albert his life.