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Summary: This was a great seller at our school...
Review: A parent saw this books at our bookfair and pointed it out to me because of the map. I then sat in my car for 45 minutes reading this book not wanting to put it down. I have recommended it to all my third grade students and up. I am also pleased that it is on the Virginia Young Readers list for elementary. This is one of the best children's books I have read in a long time!!
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Summary: This was a great seller at our school...
Review: A parent saw this books at our bookfair and pointed it out to me because of the map. I then sat in my car for 45 minutes reading this book not wanting to put it down. I have recommended it to all my third grade students and up. I am also pleased that it is on the Virginia Young Readers list for elementary. This is one of the best children's books I have read in a long time!!
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Summary: ...: You'll Love It !
Review: Close your eyes and visualize the following: snowball bushes, a mason jar chock full of black eyed susans, buttered biscuits, sweet ice tea, Grapette and Orange Crush, a slamming screen door, pocket overalls, bare feet and walking to town. If you grew up in a small southern town, these sights, smells and sounds all bring back wonderful memories. If you were so deprived as to not grow up in a small southern town, "Love, Ruby Lavender" is a great way to experience what summertime in the south was like. Our heroine, Ruby, is a freckeled face, red-haired, nine-year-old girl growing up without a father but with a loving mother and a wonderful grandmother, Eula Dapplevine. The relationship between Ruby and Eula is extremely funny, heartwarming and full of exciting adventures. Experience the mystery, death, rivalry, loneliness, friendship, mischief, and entertainment in Halleluia, Mississippi as Ruby, Melba and Dove handle their problems as only little girls can. Deborah Wile's style of writing is fast paced and creative with the story being enhanced through Ruby and Eula's letters, Phoebe Tolbert's column in the local newspaper and a questionnaire from Mr. Ishee, the new fourth grade teacher. The excitement builds until the surprising, tearful ending. "Good garden of peas", you'll love going back to the time in our country when living with extended families was the norm and life was more relaxed. I recommend "Love, Ruby Lavender" highly.
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Summary: Deborah Wiles came to my school!
Review: Deborah Wiles came to my classroom and we worked on a writing piece together! She actually talked to me! Love, Ruby Lavender is such a great book!!
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Summary: Hooray! for Love, Ruby Lavender
Review: Five stars for Love, Ruby Lavender!! Ruby and her grandmother, Miss Eula are best friends, especially since Ruby's grandfather is no longer with them. Together they save three chickens from going to market and paint Miss Eula's house pink. Everything in Ruby's life is perfect until her grandmother goes to Hawaii to visit her new grandbaby. Ruby must stay at home in Mississippi. What will she do all summer? Ruby must put up with Melba Jane, who is like a thorn in Ruby's side. She also meets Dove, the new teacher's niece. Dove helps Ruby settle some very important issues between Ruby and Melba Jane. Love, Ruby Lavender is a very fast-pace read. Children of all ages will laugh at Ruby's adventures and cry with her heartaches. I highly recommend this book for all classroom libraries.
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Summary: We loved Love, Ruby Lavender!
Review: I am a mother of two boys, ages 8 and 9. Though I had never heard of Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles I bought it anyway. What a smart move on my part! It was a fantastic book! We laughed most of the way through it. What adventurous characters she created. I have since purchased the book for my two nieces. Everyone, kids and grown-ups alike, should read this book at least once.
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Summary: Read Ruby!!!
Review: I just read this book with my mom, and we both loved it. Ruby is a great character because she has a good attitude. I also loved Miss Eula; she was full of fun and excitement. The way the two of them wrote letters back and forth made it fun to read. I hope Ruby Lavender encourages you to make friends with your enemies.
Tell all your friends and teachers about this great book.
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Summary: Not just humor, but some depth!
Review: I loved this book and expected it to be a light read about a tender relationship between a spirited grandmother and her granddaughter, a small town, and chickens. It was all that, but much more. The book explores the strained relationship between two very different girls who have a terrible family tragedy in common. Both deal with their grief in opposite ways, carrying the weight of guilt and blame. There is plenty of comic relief to make the book a pleasure to read mixed with the absolute reality of conflict between two young girls.
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Summary: A Wounder Full Book
Review: Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles is a fantastic,realistic fiction that would be liked by most any reader.
Ruby Lavender and Miss. Eula make a pretty good team, for a couple of chincken thieves! The grandmother - granddayghter team have a blast with their silly adventures. But, when Miss. Eula gets a letter to come to Hawaii and visit her brand new (smelly) grandbaby, life changes for Ruby. Bored and frustrated, Ruby finds herself with nothing to do except read to the chickens and battle with curly-haired Melba Jane. Small adventures that include shaving Melba Jane's Head, and messing up an opera sols fill in her time until Miss. Eula comes back and life goes back to normal.
I loved this book! It was charming and funny, I giggled and laughed the whole way through!
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Summary: Who's Ruby Lavender?
Review: Love, Ruby Lavender is a fun and exciting tale of a young girl named Ruby, her grandmother who she calls Ms. Eula, and her chickens: Ivy, Beemie, and Bess. Ruby is a savior, or is she, in her small hometown of Halleluia, Mississippi? Ruby and her grandmother are considered chicken thieves because they saved three chickens from being killed and eaten by the town people. They do everything together and have many secrets. One of their biggest secrets is their special mailbox in the knot of an old tree. After the chicken scandel became apparent in Halleluia, Melba Jane, Ruby's not-so-good friend, starts in on her. Bwak, Bwak, Bwak. Ruby's only saving grace is Ms. Eula when it comes to Melba Jane, until she leaves. Hawaii is Ms. Eula's next stop to see her newest grandbaby, much to Ruby's disapproval. Ruby is on her own now, raising chicks, working for the town store, and dealing with Melba Jane. Ms. Eula is the only one Ruby likes to talk to, but now she can't, or can she? Ruby's funny letters and "free advice" to her grandmother are hilarious in this book. She tells of all the trouble Melba Jane is causing her and the new chicks along with her new friend, Dove, and Mr. Ishee, her new fourth grade teacher. She writes to inform Ms. Eula of the town operetta coming up and how Melba thinks she is going to get the starring role, as usual. Many things happen while Ms. Eula is away...will she ever come home? Ruby is beginning to doubt it especially when Meble Jane starts telling Dove of the accident that happened last year with her father and Ruby's grandfather. Ruby needs some advice on this subject and fast. This is a wonderful adventure of a young girl dealing with many issues and trying to solve them on her own while her grandmother is way. Do Ruby's problem ever stop and will her grandmother ever decide to come home from Hawaii and leave "Hortense?" That's a great name for a baby, don't you think?
P.S. Read Love, Ruby Lavender to find out!
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