Love, Ruby Lavender /
Wiles, Deborah,
Love, Ruby Lavender / Deborah Wiles. - First Gulliver books paperback edition. - xii, 212 pages : map ; 19 cm
"Gulliver Books." Includes a reading group guide. Includes an excerpt to Each little bird that sings.
When Ruby's grandmother, Miss Eula goes to visit a new grandchild in Hawaii, nine-year-old Ruby is sure that she will have a lonely and boring summer in Halleluia, Mississippi. After all, what other granddaughter-grandmother duo would drive the getaway car for chickens rescued from the slaughterhouse, or paint a whole house shell-shock pink? Instead, Ruby 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.
570 Lexile. Ages 8-12.
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Lavender, Ruby (Fictitious character)--Juvenile fiction.
Grandparents--Juvenile fiction.
Self-reliance--Juvenile fiction.
Death--Juvenile fiction.
Bereavement in children--Juvenile fiction.
Animal rescue--Juvenile fiction.
Chickens--Juvenile fiction.
Life skills--Juvenile fiction.
Girls--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Mississippi--Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.
Love, Ruby Lavender / Deborah Wiles. - First Gulliver books paperback edition. - xii, 212 pages : map ; 19 cm
"Gulliver Books." Includes a reading group guide. Includes an excerpt to Each little bird that sings.
When Ruby's grandmother, Miss Eula goes to visit a new grandchild in Hawaii, nine-year-old Ruby is sure that she will have a lonely and boring summer in Halleluia, Mississippi. After all, what other granddaughter-grandmother duo would drive the getaway car for chickens rescued from the slaughterhouse, or paint a whole house shell-shock pink? Instead, Ruby 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.
570 Lexile. Ages 8-12.
0152054782 9780152054786 1417684070 9781417684076 0756950201 9780756950200 9781448731275 1448731275 0152023143
Lavender, Ruby (Fictitious character)--Juvenile fiction.
Grandparents--Juvenile fiction.
Self-reliance--Juvenile fiction.
Death--Juvenile fiction.
Bereavement in children--Juvenile fiction.
Animal rescue--Juvenile fiction.
Chickens--Juvenile fiction.
Life skills--Juvenile fiction.
Girls--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Mississippi--Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Novels.