Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles
When Ruby's grandmother, Miss Eula goes to visit her new grandbaby in Hawaii, Ruby is sure that she will have a lonely, empty, horrible summer without her in boring old Halleluia, Mississippi. What happens instead? She makes a new friend, saves the school play, writes plenty of letters to her favorite (and only) grandmother . . . and finally learns to stop blaming herself for her grandfather's death. Not too bad, for a nine-year-old.Winner of numerous awards and included on seventeen state reading lists, Love, Ruby Lavender is now republished in paperback with the original cover art by Marla Frazee.
Deborah Wiles was born in Alabama and grew up in an Air Force household, travelling about a lot yet putting down deep roots in her extended family's Mississippi soil. She still travels down South from Frederick, Maryland, where she lives with her family and works as a freelance writer, where she has lived for many years. She also runs writing and oral history workshops for kids, emphasizing that all history is really biography and that everyone's story matters. Her debut novel is Freedom Summer.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780152023140 |
| ISBN 10 | 0152023143 |
| Title | Love, Ruby Lavender |
| Author | Deborah Wiles |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Gulliver Books |
| Year published | 2001-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize (Children's) 2002, Short-listed for California Young Reader Medal (Intermediate) 2006, Short-listed for Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Grades 3-5) 2005, Short-listed for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award 2004, Short-listed for Georgia Children's Book Award (Children's Book) 2004, Short-listed for Young Hoosier Book Award (Intermediate) 2004, Short-listed for Nutmeg Book Award (Grades 4-6) 2004, Short-listed for South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (Children's) 2003, Short-listed for Iowa Children's Choice (ICCA) Award 2003, Short-listed for Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award 2003 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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