The Search for Belle Prater |
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| Authors: | White, Ruth |
| Lexile: | 830, |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
| ISBN: | 9781429934503, |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 109, |
“Readers who have longed for a follow-up to White's Newbery Honor Book, Belle Prater's Boy (1996) will be delighted with this fine sequel. Characterization, dialogue, and setting are among White's many literary strengths, and she doesn't disappoint here. The friendship between story-telling Woodrow and joke-cracking Gypsy just grows richer.” —Starred, Booklist
“A worthy sequel to Belle Prater's Boy (Farrar, 1996)...the warmth, love, and humor of that book are here as well.” —School Library Journal
“Wonderful.” —VOYA
“Readers...will be deeply satisfied by this elegantly conceived sequel with its tiny glints of magic.” —Kirkus Reviews
“The plot is well paced, and readers will be gratified when good things happen for Woodrow. The down-home warmth of the first book carries over through Gypsy's narration; her voice is as lilting and fresh as ever.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
“Retains the distinctive colloquial cadences of Gypsy's first-person narrative.” —The Horn Book
“A positive read in which wit and understanding illustrate a way of accepting human shortcomings.” —SIGNAL
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