Ruby Holler
by:
Sharon Creech (author)
"You are now entering Ruby Holler, the one and only Ruby Holler! Your lives are never going to be the same—" "Trouble twins" Dallas and Florida are orphans who have given up believing there is such a thing as a loving home. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric older couple who live in the...
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"You are now entering Ruby Holler, the one and only Ruby Holler! Your lives are never going to be the same—" "Trouble twins" Dallas and Florida are orphans who have given up believing there is such a thing as a loving home. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric older couple who live in the beautiful, mysterious Ruby Holler, but they’re restless for one more big adventure. When they invite the twins to join them on their journeys, they first must all stay together in the Holler, and the magic of the place takes over. Two pairs of lives grow closer and are changed forever.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060560157 (0060560150)
ASIN: 60560150
Publish date: April 24th 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Family,
Contemporary,
Chapter Books
RUBY HOLLER is a touching story of two orphaned twins, Dallas and Florida (named after the packing crate they were found in), who are abandoned at birth and brought up by two uncaring custodians of a group home for children. They experience only reject and abuse at the many foster homes they are pla...
I remember reading this in elementary school, and before I read the book, for some reason I thought Ruby Holler was a name XD
Children's Literature Class Read 3.5 Stars
My least favorite Sharon Creech. It had a menacing tone throughout the first part of the book (even when the "danger" has been dispelled, I couldn't shake the feeling) that I did not particularly enjoy. And I thought it lacked the depth found in her other books.
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