Author: Sharon Creech
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Genre: Fiction
Sub genre: Chapter Book
Theme: orphans, family, love
Primary and secondary characters: The bats
Awards: Carnegie Medal
Publication Date: 20052008
Publishing Company: Houghton Mifflin Company
"You are now entering Ruby Holler, the one and only Ruby Holler! Your lives are never going to be the same--" And that is exactly what happened to the trouble twin orphans Dallas and Florida. They grew up thinking that there could never be such a thing as a loving home because they were always being tossed from family to family. One day an eccentric young couple who lives in Ruby Holler invites the twins for a stay where their lives are changed forever. This book shows that it really is possibly to find love.
This book would be good for students around the age of 13, since that is what age the twins are in the book. If I used this book in a classroom setting, I would have the students write an essay over what they would do in the twin's situation and how they would handle things. I think that this book would need to be saved until a more serious time in the classroom could be reached.
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