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Reviewed on June 1, 2017 | Middle School
Gr 4–6—Twelve-year-old Ruby Clyde's father was shot and killed before she was born, and she has no use for her mother's boyfriend Catfish. When Catfish commits armed robbery and gets himself and Ruby Clyde's mother arrested, the heroine is on her own. She sets off, with only her newly acquired pig, Bunny, for company....Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2017
Ruby Clyde Henderson is twelve and responsible beyond her years. She has to be. Her mother is emotionally fragile and prone to unsuitable boyfriends. One such boyfriend takes Ruby Clyde and her mother on an impromptu road trip and ends up involved in the armed robbery of a gas station in Texas. The boyfriend and the mother are both arrested, and Ruby Clyde's care falls to her aunt, a nun who lives on a nearby ranch. There Ruby Clyde experiences s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2018
Ruby Clyde Henderson is twelve and responsible beyond her years. She has to be. Her mother is emotionally fragile and prone to unsuitable boyfriends. One such boyfriend takes Ruby Clyde and her mother on an impromptu road trip and ends up involved in the armed robbery of a gas station in Texas. The boyfriend and the mother are both arrested, and Ruby Clyde's care falls to her aunt, a nun who lives on a nearby ranch. There Ruby Clyde experiences s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
