Love, Ruby Lavender, Deborah Wiles
Love, Ruby Lavender, Deborah Wiles
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Love, Ruby Lavender

Author: Deborah Wiles

Narrator: Judith Ivey

Unabridged: 3 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/26/2002


Synopsis

Who is Ruby Lavender? She used to have a fun life, until her Yoo-hoo-drinking, pink muumuu-wearing, best friend of a grandmother up and left for Hawaii to spend the summer with her new (smelly) grandbaby. Now Ruby is stuck in boring old Halleluia, Mississippi, reading to her chickens, sweeping floors at the general store (torture), and being tormented by the curly-haired, tip-tapping Melba Jane.
 
In letter after letter, nine-year-old Ruby pours out her heart to her grandmother. But there is one thing Ruby cannot tell even her—the very same thing that makes Ruby take the long way home every single time and that makes her hate Melba Jane more than anyone.
 
She’s resourceful. She’s feisty. She’s in for some big surprises. Oh, Miss Ruby Lavender—she will pull at your heart.

About The Author

Deborah Wiles is the award-winning author of Each Little Bird that Sings, a National Book Award Finalist; Love, Ruby Lavender, an ALA Notable Children's Book, a Children's Book Sense 76 Pick, an NCTE Notable Book for the Language Arts, and a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing; Freedom Summer, a Coretta Scott King Honor Book; and One Wide Sky. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.Judith Ivey is an American actress, voice-over artist, and director. She's appeared in numerous Broadway plays, including two for which she won Tony Awards as Best Featured Actress in a Play: Steaming in 1983 and Hurlyburly in 1985. Her narrations include The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells and My Louisiana Sky by Kimberly Willis Holt.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Ginny on January 02, 2011

In the opening scene of this book, Ruby and her grandmother Miss Eula (who, according to the Agricultural Page of the Aurora County News, is “long known for her commitment to animal rights and lost causes,”) rescue a group of chickens headed for slaughter. And it gets even better from that point on.......more

Goodreads review by Marie on July 29, 2015

This book in one (made up) word: heartmelting. (That's one joyous moment past heartwarming.) This was a perfect summer read! The story takes place over the course of one summer, and it's a light little Juv book, so I didn't have to concentrate hard on it. Nine year old Ruby Lavender is best frien......more

Goodreads review by Peacegal on January 10, 2021

4.5 stars--Don't miss this easily-overlooked gem. LOVE, RUBY LAVENDER is a quirky, memorable, and big-hearted junior novel that will charm adult readers as much as it does those in elementary school. Set in a rural village in what I'm guessing is either the 1950s or early 1960s, this story is a cele......more

Goodreads review by Kaley on June 27, 2024

Ruby Lavender stands the test of time. But of course she does; stubborn, straightforward Ruby could do nothing less. What I hadn't noticed on my countless previous rereads is the careful telling behind the story, which is, after all, rather simple at its core. Wiles shows emotions masterfully, with......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on December 23, 2018

Love this book it was awesome but it does have some sad parts (Kate, age 8)......more