Belle Prater's Boy

Rating:
Summary: It's a most read for people ages 10 and up!
Review: Belle Prater dissapears, in 1954, and is nowhere to be found. Her boy Woodrow is no longer provided with a stable living condition and is sent to live with his Granny and Grandpa Ball. Woodrow's grandparent's live next door to Woodrow's cousin, Gypsy Arbutus Leemaster, who is Belle Prater's neice. Much like everyone else in Coal Station, Virginia, Gyspy is curious about her Aunt's dissaperance. She and Woodrow have never really liked, or even gotten to know one another. They soon form an unbrakable bond between one another. When Gypsy learns that Woodrow dosen't have much more than a clue about his mother's dissaperance, she comes to realize who he really is inside. Once she looks pat his crossed eyes and hand-me-down clothes, she realizes that he is a down-to-earth type of guy and an excellent story teller. They share stories, laughter, and all together good times while relazing a true moral in life: You must look past the apperance of a person to find out what's inside.

Rating:
Summary: BELLE PRATER'S REVIEW
Review: Belle Prater's Boy is a book that I recommend that you should read. It is about a boy named Woodrow prater's his mother belle prater just disappears and he has to go live with his grandmother. There is also a girl named gypsy lee master who is Woodrow's cousin.

Rating:
Summary: Belle Prater's Boy
Review: Belle Prater's Boy is a great book.I think this book is my favorite book I've read.The main Character's are Woodrow,Gypsy, and Belle prater another main character is Blind benny.The book is about a woman named Belle disapears and her son woodrow thinks she went were the two world's touch.when Belle disapears her son Woodrow has two go live with his granparents because his dad drinks all the time. woodrow and gypsy become best friends in the book.Blind Benny is blind,He goes up and down the steet singing songs,Because everyone makes fun of him in day light,At night know one can make fun of hime.woodrow make's up lies because he don't wont know one to know where she is.In the story they both had problems,The problems they is woodrow wants his eyes straight and Gypsy wants her hair short.circus I think the best part was when buzz and woodrow where fighting Because Buzz was talking about gypsy dad.Gypsy dad died when she was a girl Gypsy found her dad in a puddle of blood, The reason he killed his self is he got burt in the face saving a little girl.when woodrow was in school everyone likes him. Gypsy likes to tell jokes.Gypsey is the town beauty.At the end Woodrow tells gypsy the truth.

Rating:
Summary: Megan's Review
Review: Belle Prater's Boy sparkles with conflicts, resolutions, and tons of mysteries. Woodrow, Belle Prater's sixth grade son, has a large imagination and tells stories about his mother's disappearance when needed. Woodrow doesn't take his mother's disappearance as sorrowfully as expected by the people in the town, but on the inside Woodrow is saddened by her loss. Gypsy, a fatherless girl, is Woodrow's cousin and the town beauty. The main conflict in this story is that Belle Prater has suddenly vanished. Woodrow moves to Virginia with his grandparents. Together Gypsy and Woodrow try to figure out why Belle Prater disappeared. Woodrow tells Gypsy a secret that he has been keeping a long time. This helps them get closer to the truth. this novel earns 5 stars because of its terrific mysteries, suspenceful conflicts, and overall fabulous plot. Who would want to leave this book on a dusty shelf?

Rating:
Summary: Belle Prater's Boy
Review: Woodrow Prater, a twelve-year-old poor country boy, in the mountains of Virginia, moved in with his grandparents after the mysterious disappearance of his mother, Belle. His eyes were crossed and he was not a good-looking child, but his wit and sense of humor made up for it. His greatest secret wish was to have his eyes uncrossed. Living beside his grandparents was his cousin Gypsy, a girl his own age. Both the children had family problems: Gypsy with the death of her father seven years earlier and the refusal to accept her stepfather, and Woodrow, trying to figure out how and why his mother vanished into thin air and why his father had sent him to stay with his grandpa. The two children spent time going to school, to church and to the movies, leaning on each other, sharing secrets and uncovering hidden truths about their family background. This is an intriguing book about compassion, realism and mystery.