Creech, Sharon

Ruby Holler - Reprint. ed. - Harper Collins 2012 - 310p.

From Sharon Creech, the Newbery Medal winning author of Walk Two Moons, comes a heartwarming adventure about finding family, and a home, when you least expect it. Ruby Holler is a Carnegie Medal-winning novel, and with its quirky protagonists and exciting journey , captures the imaginations of readers of all ages. Brother and sister Dallas and Florida are the “trouble twins.” In their short thirteen years, they've passed through countless foster homes, only to return to their dreary orphanage, Boxton Creek Home. Run by the Trepids, a greedy and strict couple, Boxton Creek seems impossible to escape. When Mr. Trepid informs the twins that they'll be helping old Tiller and Sairy Morey go on separate adventures, Dallas and Florida are suspicious. As the twins adjust to the natural beauty of the outdoors, help the Tillers prepare for their adventures, and foil a robbery, their ultimate search for freedom leads them home to Ruby Holler.

978-0060560157


Brothers and sisters
Children's fiction
Children's stories, American
Country life
English fiction
Orphans
Twins
Voyages and travels
Wood-carvers
Carnegie Medal Winner
ALA Notable Children’s Book
Volunteer State Book Award (Tennessee), Young Hoosier Book Award (Indiana), California Young Reader Medal

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