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Belle Prater's Boy
By White, Ruth Anne
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37430-668-7
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1996
Gr 6-9 Belle Prater becomes the stuff of local legend in Coal Station, Virginia, when she disappears, leaving everyone mystified. Because his father drinks, Belle's boy, cross-eyed Woodrow, comes to live with his grandparents on the finest residential street in town; and 12-year-old Gypsy, his cousin who lives next door and narrates the story, is glad to get to know him. Like everyone else, she is curious about his mother; but Woodrow will only tell her a fantastic story about a magical place. Nev...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
