Synopses & Reviews
To Ruby, there is nobody in the entire world more wonderful than her pa -- her log-riding lumberjack pa, who calls her "my little jewel" and comes home smelling of spruce and fir. And there's nothing Ruby would rather do than follow in her father's large bootprints, working in the lumber camp.
But a lumber camp is no place for an eight-year-old girl. She belongs in school, learning how to read and write. It is there that she discovers another passion-for the world that opens up to her in books.
Then, when circumstances suddenly change, Ruby fears she has lost the two things she loves most. Through her struggle, she discovers in herself the courage, the kindness, and the talent she so admires in her father.
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“This spare and moving chapter book will hook readers from the first page.” School Library Journal
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“Readers will be transfixed by the strong and spirited Ruby.” School Library Journal
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Kinsey-Warnock highlights love of reading and the desire to learn in this short, wholesome tale of hardship and friendship. Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock is the author of sixteen distinguished books for children. These range from her first novel,
The Canada Geese Quilt, an ALA Notable Book, to her popular picture book
The Bear That Heard Crying. All of the stories have one thing in common: They are based either on the author's own life or on true stories passed down through the seven generations of her family that have lived in northern Vermont.
When she isn't writing, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock keeps herself busy as an athlete, naturalist, artist, book lover, bagpiper, and rescuer of three horses, seven cats, and eight dogs. She and her husband live in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.