[.ca] Love, Ruby Lavender (ISBN 0152023143)

This was a great seller at our school...:
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!!

Love Ruby Lavender:
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.

I Love Ruby Lavender!:
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!!

A Wounder Full Book:
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!

A Jem of a Book!:
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!