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Ruby Holler (2002) is a children's novel with elements of magic realism by American writer Sharon Creech. It won the 2002 Carnegie Medal. This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Childrens books redirects here. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Hardcover books A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth, heavy paper, or sometimes leather). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... ISBN redirects here. ... Childrens books redirects here. ... Magic realism (or magical realism) is an artistic genre in which magical elements or illogical scenarios appear in an otherwise realistic or even normal setting. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Scottish philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. ...
Plot
The "trouble twins", Dallas and Florida, are living in Boxton Creek Home, an orphanage run by Mr. and Mrs. Trepid. The Trepids are strict and unsympathetic, and Dallas and Florida are punished more than most for breaking the innumerable rules of the house. Over their thirteen years, the twins have been adopted many times, invariably by unwise and abusive adults who return them to the orphanage. One day, the twins are "hired" for a summer by an old couple from Ruby Holler, Tiller and Sairy, as companions for their separate vacations: Florida for Tiller's boat trip down the Rutabago River; Dallas for Sairy's birding expedition to the island of Kangadoon. This will be the first time either of the couples have been separated for "most of their lives". The twins bloom under the freedom and responsibilities given to them in Ruby Holler, but remain suspicious of Tiller and Sairy, as they have been of all adults, especially when they keep making mistakes that would previously have earned them severe punishments. But Tiller and Sairy realise they were just getting good at being parents when their children moved out, so the twins offer them a second chance at life.
References
Creech, Sharon (26 March 2002). Ruby Holler. New York: Joanna Cotler.
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