Belle Prater's Boy

Belle Prater's Boy
First edition
Author Ruth White
Country United States
Language English
Genre Children's novel
Publisher FSG
Publication date
1996
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 208
ISBN 9780374306687
Preceded by 'Weeping Willow'
Followed by 'Way Down Deep'

Belle Prater's Boy (1996) is a young adult novel by Ruth White that tells the story of 12-year-old Gypsy and her aunt, Belle Prater, who mysteriously disappears one morning. When Gypsy's unusual cousin Woodrow--"Belle Prater's boy—comes to town, she quickly befriends him in the hopes that she'll find out more about his mother's disappearance. The novel is set in 1950s Western Virginia.[1] Belle Prater's Boy was named a Newbery Honor book in 1997,[2] and a 1996 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Fiction[3]

References

  1. "Children's Book Review: Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White, Author Yearling Books $6.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-440-41372-1". publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  2. "1997 Newbery Medal and Honor Books | Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)". ala.org. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  3. "Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners - The Horn Book". hbook.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
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