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Ruby Holler / Sharon Creech.

Creech, Sharon. (Author).

Summary:

Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.

Record details

ISBN: 0060560150
ISBN: 9780060560157
ISBN: 0329372947
ISBN: 9780329372941
ISBN: 141550640X
ISBN: 9781415506400
ISBN: 0613862724
Physical Description: 310 pages, 14 pages ; 20 cm
Edition: First Harper Trophy edition.
Publisher: New York : HarperTrophy, 2004.
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Joanna Cotler Books."
Formatted Contents Note:	1 Silver Bird 1 -- 2 Boxton Creek Home 4 -- 3 Ruby Holler 12 -- 4 Mush 14 -- 5 Thinking Corners 21 -- 6 Opportunity 25 -- 7 Doubts 31 -- 8 Hansel and Gretel 34 -- 9 God 41 -- 10 Egg 43 -- 11 Grump 48 -- 12 Work 50 -- 13 Gravy 54 -- 14 Wood 67 -- 15 Conversations in the Night 73 -- 16 Axe 81 -- 17 Rocker 86 -- 18 Trepids 90 -- 19 Understone Funds 95 -- 20 Through the Holler 101 -- 21 Lost and Found 105 -- 22 A Trip to Boxton 112 -- 23 Ready 120 -- 24 Tiller and Sairy 127 -- 25 Holler at Night 133 -- 26 Shack Talk 145 -- 27 Trials 148 -- 28 Mrs. Trepid 157 -- 29 Decisions 161 -- 30 Nightmares 166 -- 31 Medicine 168 -- 32 Paddling and Hiking 172 -- 33 Z's Report 179 -- 34 Bearings 184 -- 35 Stiff 188 -- 36 A Long Chain 192 -- 37 Word Pictures 195 -- 38 Surveying 197 -- 39 Worrywarts 199 -- 40 Babies in the Box 206 -- 41 Shopping 212 -- 42 Dorkhead 218 -- 43 Loops 220 -- 44 Progress 224 -- 45 Rock 226 -- 46 Stones in the Holler 229 -- 47 Running 231 -- 48 More Shopping 232 -- 49 Underwater 239 -- 50 Feeling 241 -- 51 Z 247 -- 52 One-Log Raft 251 -- 53 Dunces 253 -- 54 Slow Motion 257 -- 55 On the Road 259 -- 56 On the River 264 -- 57 Soggy Heart 268 -- 58 Preparations 271 -- 59 Investments 275 -- 60 Hospital Talk 278 -- 61 Mr. Trepid's Adventure 282 -- 62 Jewels 287 -- 63 Mission-Accomplished Cake 291 -- 64 Appraisals 294 -- 65 Conversations in the Night 298 -- 66 Dreams 306.
Citation/References Note:	Wilson's Children Wilson's Junior High School School Library Journal starred
Target Audience Note:	6.0 Follett Library Resources 3-6 Follett Library Resources 3-6 660L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader AR 4.3 6.0 Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.3 6 58208.