Belle Prater’s Boy by Ruth White (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996)
genre: Family problems, historical fiction
ages: 9-12 years
honors: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards (1996)
Newbery Medal Library Service to Children (1997)
review: When Belle Prater goes missing one morning, life changes for her son Woodrow. He moves from the holler to town and lives with his grandparents in a nice house, with new clothes, and a best friend in his cousin, Gypsy. Their friendship grows and Woodrow finds his place in this world while realizing that maybe this is what his mom wanted for herself.
opinion: Reading Woodrow come to the realization that his mom left him and his dad was heart wrenching. However, he came to that conclusion after being out of the the dismal life in the holler, thus making her leaving more understandable.
ideas: I love this book because it has a tween girl and boy being friends, even though they are cousins. This book could open up discussions about family relationships, whether it be friendly cousins or sisters at odds with each other.
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