Ruth White (author)

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Ruth White, an American author, who won a Newberry Award in 1996, for the book "Belle Prater's Boy."

[edit] Biography

When Ruth was six years old, her father, who was a coal miner, was killed in a brawl (and the attacker sent to prison for 20 years). Her mother moved to a place near the town of Grundy, Virginia. When Ruth was in the eighth grade the family moved to Michigan, but Ruth returned to Grundy to finish high-school while living with an aunt and uncle. These incidents form part of the story in her book "Sweet Creek Holler".

[edit] Works

  • "The City Rose", an African-American adventure story
  • "Sweet Creek Holler", a poor girl's story about growing up in Southwest Virginia
  • "Weeping Willow", a story about friendship, love, pain, and coming of age also set in Southwest Virginia
  • "Belle Prater's Boy", Newberry Honor Book
  • "Memories of Summer"
  • "Tadpole"
  • "Buttermilk Hill", a sequel to "Weeping Willow"
  • "The Search for Belle Prater", a sequel to "Belle Prater's Boy"
  • "Way Down Deep"

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