The Search for Belle Prater, Ruth White
The Search for Belle Prater, Ruth White
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The Search for Belle Prater

Author: Ruth White

Narrator: Alison Elliott

Unabridged: 3 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/15/2005

Synopsis

Belle Prater is missing. Since she inexplicably disappeared about a year ago, her son, Woodrow, has been living with his grandparents, next door to his cousin Gypsy. The two are best friends, joined by their adventurous sprits and shared love of stories and magic. One night they receive a puzzling phone call, which provides a clue that sends Gypsy and Woodrow on a mission to find Belle. Joining them is Cassie Caulborne, the new girl in school, who, like Woodrow and Gypsy, has experienced the loss of a parent. She is also endowed with a valuable gift--she knows things, things that happened in the past and reveal themselves to her in dreams. Their quest leads them out of their sheltered life in Coal Station, Virginia, and eventually back to Woodrow's home in Crooked Ridge. On the road they meet new people with their own stories to tell. One is Joseph, who has to sit at the back of the buss because he is black. The young people join him in the rear and learn that he, too, is on a search--for his father. They help one another to find what they're looking for and gain friendship along the way.

About The Author

RUTH WHITE is the author of Sweet Creek Holler, an ALA Notable Book, Weeping Willow, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, and Belle Prater's Boy, a Newbery Honor Book.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Melody on September 14, 2007

This sequel to Belle Prater's Boy is very good for a sequel. She says, damning it with faint praise. It's funny, but not as funny as the first, and the messages are a little too overt for my tastes. Solid writing and satisfying ending.......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on May 24, 2009

I recently saw that there was a sequel put out and I was pretty curious to see what happened to the mother in the book. This book was more in detail when it came to the mother missing unlike the first book where it was more focused on her son Woodrow and how he was dealing with the disappearance. I......more

Goodreads review by Heather on January 03, 2008

I picked up this book because the cover looked interesting. Woodrow and his cousin Gypsy go looking for Woodrow's mother who disappeared a year ago. The story was interesting and I didn't realize until I started that this was a sequel, but it was a great book even without having read the first one.......more

Goodreads review by Logan on June 01, 2017

I didn't expect to like this book as much as the first one. This sequel was published about 9 years after the first book was published which makes me think the sequel was unplanned. Often when that's the case the sequel isn't as good, but I really loved this. The writing in this one was a bit more d......more

Quotes

"Readers who have longed for a follow-up to White's Newbery Honor Book Belle Prater's Boy will be delighted with this fine sequel, in which the search for Woodrow's missing mother continues. . . . Characterization, dialogue, and setting are among White's many literarystrengths, and she doesn't disappoint here."—Booklist, Starred"All of the readers who longed to know what happened to Woodrow Prater's mom from the Newbery Honor Belle Prater's Boy will be deeply satisfied by this elegantly conceived sequel with its tiny glints of magic." —Kirkus Reviews

Awards

  • Massachusetts Children's Book Award
  • New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award
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