Ruby Holler

Name: Ruby Holler
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Author: Sharon Creech
ISBN: 9780060848422

Author: Sharon Creech

Narrator: Donna Murphy

Abridged: 5 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 05/17/2005

Categories: Children's Fiction, Action & Adventure Stories

Synopsis

From Sharon Creech, the Newbery Medal winning author of Walk Two Moons, comes a heartwarming adventure about finding family, and a home, when you least expect it.Ruby Holler is a Carnegie Medal-winning novel, and with its quirky protagonists and exciting journey, captures the imaginations of readers of all ages. Brother and sister Dallas and Florida are the “trouble twins.” In their short thirteen years, they’ve passed through countless foster homes, only to return to their dreary orphanage, Boxton Creek Home.Run by the Trepids, a greedy and strict couple, Boxton Creek seems impossible to escape. When Mr. Trepid informs the twins that they’ll be helping old Tiller and Sairy Morey go on separate adventures, Dallas and Florida are suspicious.As the twins adjust to the natural beauty of the outdoors, help the Tillers prepare for their adventures, and foil a robbery, their ultimate search for freedom leads them home to Ruby Holler.

About Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech has written twenty-one books for young people and is published in over twenty languages. Her books have received awards in both the U.S. and abroad, including the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Honor for The Wanderer, and Great Britain’s Carnegie Medal for Ruby Holler.Before beginning her writing career, Sharon Creech taught English for fifteen years in England and Switzerland. She and her husband now live in Maine, “lured there by our grandchildren,” Creech says.www.sharoncreech.com

About Donna Murphy

Donna Murphy, the winner of two Tony® Awards and an Emmy®, starred on Broadway in The King and I and Passion, and in the films Center Stage and Star Trek: Insurrection. Her television work includes appearances on Murder One, Law & Order, Ally McBeal, Hack, The Practice and The Education of Max Bickford.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hayley on December 03, 2013

Dallas and Florida, orphans, have had a remarkably tough life. Nobody wants them or ever cared for them. Florida has a very rough and negative pattern of speech. She everything is “putrid” or “nasty” and she believes everyone (except Dallas) is trying to harm her. This negativity is a defense mechan......more

Goodreads review by Angela on July 17, 2008

I enjoyed the story and felt that the interaction between the four main characters was realistic and well-written. I would recommend it for fans of young adult novels in general as a clean, clever story about the strength of love and family ties. Unfortunately, it had several technical drawbacks, in......more

Goodreads review by Eric on December 27, 2019

Dang, I wish I had parents as nice as Sairy and Tiller. Tiller, do we have any rules here that you know of? Oh yes, I believe we have a rule about not letting any Donkeys on the roof. Great book about two orphans that keep getting rejected by foster parents and finally find a home with two people wh......more

Goodreads review by Yusra on April 14, 2018

This was super cute and memorable and family-based 💕 I loved me some Florida and Dallas everyday tbh, I’ve read it so many types it’s not funny 😂 but for real, this is a super good read. Despite it being middle grade, I could still read this and enjoy it.......more

Goodreads review by Emily on November 30, 2016

I read this book in 6th grade and it is still my favorite book! This book was full of suspense, adventure, and revealed an amazing message in th end......more