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Title: Ruby Holler (Joanna Cotler Books)
ISBN: 0060560150
Author:
Sharon Creech
Publicate Date: 2004-01-01
Publish: 2004-01-01
List Price: $6.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Formulaic Plot, Stock Characters--Disappointing
Selected as the 2007 Maud Hart Lovelace winner, Ruby Holler demonstrates that young readers, in choosing this book, may lack the critical skills to see that it is manipulative in its tug at the heart strings while piling on the stock characters in what can be called nothing less than a formulaic plot.
Come on already. The caretakers of the children's home are just plain bad, through and through. Their antics go unnoticed by the governmental agencies that are supposed to oversee them? They have no redeeming qualities at all, just as every foster family is full of just plain mean people. (I'd hate to think what kind of message this sends to social service agencies trying to place kids in good homes.) And the old couple is just too good to be true--more black and white writing, I'm afraid.
The whole river/camping adventure (that I knew was never going to happen) was never explained: Why did they want to take separate trips? Why was such an elderly couple so inexperienced? Why did Z never fess up about being the father of Florida and Dallas? Why did the adult children trash talk the orpans? And why didn't we get to hear them do that? Why did the old couple take these kids to begin with? What about the loose ends with the Trepids and the children left there?
You could like this book as a light-hearted adventure, but since it covers serious issues, it really cannot be viewed through such a narro prism. Overall: One thumb up; one thumb down, way down. Creech is going to have to do better; I'm looking for something on par with Walk Two Moons.
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2: Ruby Holler
This book is about an adventure that two twins have. The twins' names are Dallas (which is the boy) and Florida (which is the girl). The twins are foster kids and they live in a foster home called Boston Creek Home. The people that run the foster home are named Mr. and Mrs. Tripid.
The main idea of the story is that there is an old couple named Tiller and Sara. And they come to the foster home to take two kids on trips with them. Dallas and Florida are the kids that get picked for the trips. So Dallas and Florida pack their bags because they are going on the trips. But first they have to go to Ruby Holler the place were Tiller and Sara live, because they aren't ready for the trips yet.
My favorite part in this book is when the twins sneak out of Tiller and Sara's cabin and have to sleep in the woods because they don't know where they are, and they were looking for the night train.
If you like adventure and books that have family in them, then you should read this book. I believe you should read this book because you never know what happens next and Sharon Creech is a really great and brilliant writer!!
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3: Ruby Holler
This book is about an adventure that two twins have. The twins' names are Dallas (which is the boy) and Florida (which is the girl). The twins are foster kids and they live in a foster home called Boston Creek Home. The people that run the foster home are named Mr. and Mrs. Tripid.
The main idea of the story is that there is an old couple named Tiller and Sara. And they come to the foster home to take two kids on trips with them. Dallas and Florida are the kids that get picked for the trips. So Dallas and Florida pack their bags because they are going on the trips. But first they have to go to Ruby Holler the place were Tiller and Sara live, because they aren't ready for the trips yet.
My favorite part in this book is when the twins sneak out of Tiller and Sara's cabin and have to sleep in the woods because they don't know where they are, and they were looking for the night train.
If you like adventure and books that have family in them, then you should read this book. I believe you should read this book because you never know what happens next and Sharon Creech is a really great and brilliant writer!!
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4: Ruby Holler
Dallas and Florida are the trouble twins at the Boxton Creek Home. They are orphans who have given up in believing that there is such a thing as a loving family. The people who run the home are the Trepids. Marjorie and George Trepid. Dallas and Florida have been in many homes such as the Burgertons, the Dreeps, and many others. But on one day the twins are adopted by an older couple named Tiller and Sairy and are brought to the enchanting and mysterious Ruby Holler. Tiller and sairy invite them on their trips to Kangadoon and the Rutabago River. But they have plans of their own. They're going to try and catch the night train, then off they go to live a life without grown-ups. But soon they realize that this is the life they want, and when disaster strikes they'll be there to help.
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5: Ruby Holler
Ruby Holler
By: Sharon Creech
Report by:JT
Life at the Boxton Creek home is anything but Dallas's and Flordia's dream home. Since they were mischievous babies, they have been driving the owners of the orphanage Mr. and Mrs. Trepid, crazy for 13 years. I don't blame them.Why, might you think to your self? It's because Mr. and Mrs.Trepid are horribly mean. But when the nasty Trepids' tell Dallas and Flordia they are going to be adopted by an older couple, they start worrying because they think they are going to be like any other couple that wanted to adopt them, unwilling and mean. Are they going to be mean or different?
I think this book is good for anyone and everyone because it's funny, and adventurous. It is so fun to watch how throughout the book Dallas and Flordia are starting to except their new family.Not only do they do they change as a family, they change their attitudes. I love how the author leaves you hanging after every chapter. I had trouble putting the book down.
I recommend this book to all ages. This book will leave you wanting more! After you read this book, you will want a sequel. So try it! I am sure you will love it!
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