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Summary: A book with many treasures
Review: "You are now entering Ruby Holler, the one and only Ruby Holler! Your lives are never going to be the same-" Dallas and Florida, two of the four main characters in Ruby Holler, are "double trouble" at the Boxton Creek Home for children. They make trouble at the home. They get punished by weeding for hours, sweeping and scrubbing for hours, sitting in the cold, dark, dirty basement for hours, and get the cold mush(instead of warm mush) for all their meals. They have gone home with several different foster families, but they always return to the Boxton Creek Home soon after. Trouble follows them to the foster homes as well. All of the families were horrible to the twins who faced tortures such as snake pits, hog pens, and beatings. That made them think almost all grown-ups were "trouble grown-ups". Will that all change when they go to Ruby Holler?
I loved this book and I couldn't put it down. This fictional book is a great from cover-to-cover. I recommend this book to girls and boys, women and men of all ages who like a book with adventure and surprises. It has a great ending and it's a book you can read over and over again without getting bored.
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Summary: Two Trouble Twins in ONE TREMENDOUS BOOK!!!!!
Review: An outstanding book that author,Sharon Creech, wrote! Florida and Dallas have come to their new parents,Tiller and Sairy, after they've passed through all those other bad foster homes. Tiller and Sairy are really great,sweet,and loving parents that should recieve some sort of reward like THE BEST PARENTS CAKE!!! The trip was supposed to be a lot earlier but................. READ TO FIND OUT!!!!!
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Summary: Loved this book!
Review: As an elementary school teacher, I am continually on the look out for quality books to read to my class. Ruby Holler is definitely the next one I will read. The characters Dallas and Florida are delightfully engaging - right from the start! Children hearing or reading the story will be drawn in quickly. Even though "predictable" is generally not a good thing in books- and the end is a bit predictable - this happy ending was the only one I could have imagined!
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Summary: Nice Read; Excellent Message
Review: Dallas and Florida are twins who have never been separated their whole lives. At the beginning of the book they are living in an adoption home with the evil Trepids who have named Dallas and Florida the 'trouble twins.' Dallas and Florida are frequently forced to go stay in the cold cellar for hours as punishments. However, Dallas and Florida are actually not as bad as any other kids. Dallas always sees the good in everyone while Florida is more of a pessimist. When an old couple, Sairy and Tiller, decide to take in the twins for a few weeks, no one knows what a dramatic change each other is going to play on the other's life. Going on a trip to two different places, both Sairy, Tiller,and Dallas and Florida, are separated for as long as they can remember. And back at the magical Holler, Mr. Trepid devises a plan that just could leave Sairy and Tiller penniless.
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Summary: Ruby Holler
Review: Heading: Ruby Holler
By: Sharon Creech
Reviewed by: L. Bit
Period: 5"Ruby Holler" is an interesting book about two kids, "Trouble Twins", Dallas and Florida. Dallas and Florida got their name when their mother abandoned them outside an orphanage. Dallas and Florida were found in a box and in the box were traveling brochures that were Dallas, Texas and Miami, Florida. Dallas and Florida were adopted many of times but were sent back because they made too much trouble. Later, older couples adopted them named Tiller and Sairy. Ruby Holler is where Sairy and Tilller live. The kids and their new parents went on a trip. They got close with each other. Later, Mr. Trepid figures out that Sairy and Tiller have valuables hidden in Ruby Holler. Mr. Trepid goes to Sairy and Tillers neighbor, Z, to tell him to go into Ruby Holler while the family was gone. Mr. Trepid wanted Z to make a map of the rocks and the underground. He finds Sairy and Tillers valuables and Dallas and Florida's too. Meanwhile, the family went to a farmer's house after found Florida at the trip. They used the phone to call Z. Z picks up the phone and drives them back to Ruby Holler. He tells them about Mr. Trepid. The family plans to play a prank on Mr. Trepid and put fake jewels under the rocks. Later on, Sairy and Tiller's real grown children come back. Florida and Dallas do on the Night Train and get lost in Ruby Holler at night. They decide to stay there. I liked this book because Sairy and Tiller go on adventures with Dallas and Florida to keep them company. " How long have we been slapping these paddles in the water?" Florida asked. "About gazillion hours?" Florida said this because they have been on the trip for along time together and paddling for four hours. I also liked this book because it was interesting. The way Sharon Creech described the Holler at night was very scary. "Ruby Holler at night can be an eerie, dark place, full of shadows and silence, but both the shadows of silence are deceptive." My favorite part of this book was the ending (...)
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Summary: Fiction as good as reality
Review: I loved the author's fast-pace, easy-going style and expressive analogies. Mr. And Mrs. Trepid, the harsh, cranky and tired managers of the misfit operation where Dallas and Florida lived, were "cold as winter-bound trees." My children are grown now, and so I had the luxury of watching the antics of Dallas and Florida and love those "trouble twins" while wishing to put Mr. And Mrs. Trepid into the basement's dark Thinking Corner instead of the twins. The author shows us child-abuse by foster parents who were short-tempered, impatient, and quick to punish, but then we are taken to a nice place, Ruby Holler, where the "trouble twins" are loved by their new old foster parents. A heart-warming story.
Gisela Gasper Fitzgerald, author of ADOPTION: An Open, Semi-Open or Closed Practice?
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Summary: All abou the twins
Review: I read Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech. The Twins, Florida and Dallas, both named after brochures, lived in an orphanage. Every now and then, are taken home by strangers. Of course they're always taken back to the orphanage though, known as "the trouble twins". Dallas and Florida always stick together and always have each other. When they are taken to Ruby Holler with Sairy and Tiller the twins learn more about themselves and learn to be apart. The problem in the story is that Dallas and Florida go on separate trips with Tiller or Sary. When Dallas feels that Florida is in trouble Dallas and Sairy go and try to help them. I've noticed that a lot of Sharon Creech's books have older characters in them. I think she does this to show wiser characters that teach the younger characters. In Ruby Holler the older characters are Sairy and Tiller an older couple whose children have already grown. The genre of Ruby Holler is fiction and it's also exciting. It really interested me because of how realistic it is I can just picture how it would be like if it was really happening. Also I really like how at some parts you can't stop reading because you get so into the book. The mood of the story is tense sometimes, when you know something bad is going to happen and you want to tell the characters not to do something. The mood is also nice and sweet when Dallas and Florida show that they like Ruby Holler, Sairy and Tiller.
The end of the book leaves the reader hanging a little; I think it should end at more of a stopping point, a little later on in the book. Even though you can sort of guess what will happen then. Ruby Holler is a long book so I recommend it to kids 9 years old and older to read this book, I also think adults would like it too. There are a lot of things people can discuss or think about. But don't let that stop you if you really want to read it!
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Summary: Rich Remarkable Ruby Holler
Review: I read the book Ruby Holler. This book is about twins Dallas, and Florida. They are orphans and are trying to get adopted. Then a family (husband and wife) adopts them. They're not used to the rules so they break a lot of things but when they're familiar. Everything goes in a whole different direction. The Family that they stay with is a wonderful family they make birds and boats out of wood and they then teach Dallas and Flordia then they start carving here and there.
I loved this book it is very descriptive and she chose a wonderful plot. I felt as though I was standing next to Dallas and Flordia. If you like adventue you will love this book.
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Summary: A Little Mysterious...
Review: I thought this book was good. The only problem is, it had a complicated story line, and was even a little mysterious. But I would read it if I were you... you might be surprised.
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Summary: Great!!!
Review: I thought this was great!!!I'm a big Sharon Creech fan, so I really liked it when a new Sharon Creech book came out.This is a great read!
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