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Love ruby lavender an ala notable children s book a children s book sense 76 pick an ncte notable book for the language arts and a new york public library book for reading and sharing.
Love ruby lavender characters. It was amazing how closely our lives were at times. 0 comment report abuse. The aurora county all stars a new york public. Love ruby lavender by deborah wiles ruby is a wonderful little girl.
Love ruby lavender harcourt brace was published in 2001 and is about a nine year old girl ruby who lives in halleluia mississippi. Featuring a strongwilled young heroine i could identify with very easily even though i m three decades older than her and lots of wonderful side characters to boot. I had a parent child book group with some 3rd grade. In what book was there a specific bridge that two men died on one of the men was a grandfather to a young girl.
The main characters are in 4th grade but there are elements difficult for primary grades 1st 3rd if you are looking for a quick fun summer read you should definitely try this one. Love ruby lavender by. The story talks about a little girl s relationship with her grandmother and time they shared together. Deborah wiles is the award winning author of each little bird that sings a national book award finalist.
Freedom summer a coretta scott king honor book. Love ruby lavender was realistic fiction at it s best. A fictional mississippi town full of lovable characters who have no idea how eccentric they are. Debrah willes in what book did a young girl 9 read the dictionary to her chickens.
In this book her grandmother of a best friend takes a vacation to hawaii leaving ruby to put up with melba jane who has not stop bothering her since the accident with melba s father and ruby s grandfather. I immediately jumped into ruby s character.