Love, Ruby Lavender

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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: 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: 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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Summary: The Book You Can't Put Down
Review: Love, Ruby Lavender is a great book! Ruby Lavender is a country girl who has three chickens. There is another girl, Melba Jane, that Ruby hates. They have many conflicts. Ruby's grandmother, Miss Eula, loves Ruby very much, and Ruby loves Miss Eula. But when her grandmother goes to Hawaii, what new friends will she meet, and what exiting and sad things will happen? If you like suspenceful, funny, and friendship stories I would highly recomend Love, Ruby Lavender.

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Summary: A Wounder Full Book
Review: My daughter and I read this book initially because it is one of the Mark Twain Award New Nominees. It is a fast read full of sweetness, humor, sadness, and friendship. This story is much fuller and broader than the book description on the cover. It is not about chickens! Read it, it will open your heart!

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Summary: "Good garden of peas! What a summer!"
Review: Ruby has always had her Miss Eula (her grandma) in Halleluia Mississippi, all to herself, but when Miss Eula leaves to go visit her new grandbaby Ruby is " stuck in boring old Halleluia , Mississippi, with nothing to do except read to her chickens, sweep floors (torture), and be tormented by the curly haired, tip-tapping Melba Jane."
this book was very very good and i would reccamend this for children and adults- with a sense of humor, this is a very funny book.
~tara~

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Summary: Love Ruby Lavender
Review: This book is about a girl named Ruby and her grandma named Miss Eula. This book takes place in the country. Ruby is a very nice girl. She does a lot of activities with her grandmother. In the beginning Ruby and her grandmother chase chickens they only catch three. Ruby and her grandma Eula have a secret mailbox that no one knows about. This is a realistic fiction book.
Mrs. Wiles tells most of the characters point of view. She also included letters in the book that Ruby and Miss Eula wrote to each other. This book is a very kind book I recommend this book to boys and girls that like spending time with their grandmothers like me.

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Summary: I Love Ruby Lavender!
Review: What a sweet coming of age book! Deborah Wiles paints such realistic characters--complete with faults--that one comes away thinking that you have really met these people.

This book should have won the Newbery!!