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Ruby Holler (New Windmills KS3)

Carnegie Medal for Writing

Ruby Holler (New Windmills KS3)

Sharon Creech

Ruby Holler follows twins finding love and a home in the care of an unexpected older couple.

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Work Information

A quiet refuge becomes a found family.

Ruby Holler centers on twins finding love and a home in the care of an unexpected older couple. A quiet refuge becomes a found family.

Book Information

Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Published
2004-02-05
Pages
208 pages
Language
英語
Size
13 x 1.5 x 19.4 cm
ISBN-13
9780435130893
ISBN-10
0435130897
Category
洋書/Children's Books/Growing Up & Facts of Life/Family Life/Siblings

Carnegie Medal Winner.

Reviews

  • Amazonにはもっとこの作家の作品を扱ってほしい

    sharon creechの本はこれで4冊目。 どの本も深みのある温かな作品で、かつ文章も易しく、お気に入りの作家です。 10歳前後の困難を抱える子が、温かな大人や自然に守られて成長する、ヒューマンストーリー。そこに謎解き要素も加わってワクワク、というのがお決まりのパターン。 子どもの目線、大人の目線でも読める一冊です。 オーディブルは、男の子の訛りが強く、私には聞き取りにくかったです。

  • 上質の児童書

    双子の孤児が老夫婦に心を開いていく過程が描かれています。 Walk Two Moonsで、trickyだが心に残る小説を読んでいたので、賞を取ったこの小説も読んでみました。 Walk Two Moonsとは違い、非常に素直なストレートな作品と思います。児童書として申し分ないし、探偵小説やロマンスに食傷気味の時に最適かと思います。 もちろん英語も平易で気分転換という意味でも良いと思います。

  • とても心温まる物語でした

    辞書をひきながら、毎日少しずつ読んでいたのですが、途中からは、「どーなるの?、どーなっちゃうの?」、と、次が知りたくてたまらなくなり、一気に読んでしまいました。 胸が張り裂けそうにドキドキし、自分が物語の中にいるかのように、引き込まれました。 人を信じることができなかった双子が、徐々に、徐々に変わっていく過程も、読んでいて興味深かったです。それは子育て経験を積んだSailyとTillerの愛情と「おいしい料理」が成せるワザ。おいしい料理の匂いに、反抗心も和らぐのですね。 読み終わって、とても心温まる気持ちになりました。

  • Everybody needs love.

    身よりのないDallasとFloridaという双子が主人公です。小さな頃からさんざん辛い目にあっています。その度負けずに抵抗しますが、また叩きのめされます。11歳(かな?)の時SailyとTillerという初老の夫婦と出会います。 夫婦は長年の夢だった旅の同伴者になることを双子に望み、夫婦の住処があるRUBY HOLLERに招きます。 夫婦は愛情を持って双子に接しますが、2人はなかなか心を開きません。「明日逃げよう。夜行列車に乗って。」Ruby Hollerを抜けたら自由への扉はすぐそこ!なんて、人生簡単にはいきません。 列車に乗って得られる気ままな日々よりも、愛を注ぎ愛を受ける日々が持てた時、長くて暗かったトンネルの出口はすぐそこ。 ラストの1ページ最高!双子といっしょにワーイワーイとRuby Hollerを駆けめぐりたくなりました。 英語のレベルはHOLESやCharlie and the chocolate factory, Charlotte's Webぐらいだと思います。そんなに難しくないけれども、読後の満足感はやはり厚さ2cmならではです。40分/一日x10日ぐらいで読み終えました。Walk two moonsで挫折した後だったので、ちょっと安心してます。

  • ほのぼのする一冊

    大人への反抗心を持った双子がRuby Hollerで老夫婦の愛情を受けながら、心を開いていくという、物語。 確かに心を開くのにはきっかけがあるのだけれど、ある出来事で急に心を開くのではなく、いろんなことの積み重ねで少しずつ変わっていくところが素敵でした。子供の微妙な感性がうまく書かれており、読んでいてダラスとフロリダを応援したくなりました。 分からない単語はありますが、前後の文章から大体の意味は推測でき、読みやすいのではないかと思います。 子供の頃にかえったつもりで読んでみるといいかも知れないです。気持ちが優しくなれたような気がします。

  • いいですねえ。

    孤児の双子、フロリダとダラス。彼らは赤ん坊の頃からずっと施設で育った。 施設自体が規則、規則、規則の連続で心休まる暇も無く、里子に出されてはそこで酷い目に合わされ、また施設に戻される日々。 二人は酷い境遇にもめげず、やられたら必ず反撃するのだが、それでも辛い。いつしか二人は大人を全く信用しない子供になっていた。 ある日二人はある年取った夫婦が行く旅行に同伴者としていかないかと誘いを受ける。二人は彼らの住むルビー峡谷で一緒に暮らす事に。 大人を信じない子供たちが老夫婦の暖かい態度に次第に心を開いていく様子が微笑ましい。一番好きなのは家出した子供たちの場所を心得た夫婦がその直ぐそばで朝ご飯のベーコンを焼くシーン。どんな反抗心も空腹には勝てないか? 英語的にも読みやすく、物語の終わり方も好きだ。賞を受けたのもなるほどと頷ける。

  • There are not words strong enough to express what a wonderful and joyous book this is! "Ruby Holler" is the most rewarding book I've read in ages. In fact, it could be described as a manual for excellent parenting and excellent living. What a great reading experience! I have fairly recently discovered Sharon Creech and her delightful books, including Love That Dog and Hate That Cat [HATE THAT CAT -LIB] [Library Binding ]. She was awarded the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons (the Newbery is awarded to the best of older children's literature every year). "Ruby Holler" itself won the Carnegie Medal for Children's Literature. Frankly, I would like to stand outside big chain stores, outlet malls, and the like with boxes and boxes of this book to hand out. If I could put this book into the hands and hearts of every adult with children, maybe we could eliminate emotional and psychological child abuse. It has long been my personal thesis that the ills of a country lie in child abuse and the anger that develops from it. But that's another story for another place. "Ruby Holler" is the story of fraternal twins, Dallas and Florida, who live in this horrible orphanage and are taken out from time to time into foster homes by horrible adults who abuse them then return them. Part of the journey of the book is the revelation of the kinds of abuse they experience, from being thrown into a totally black cellar with spiders and rats to the devilish treatment by a couple's larva-from-hell, picture-perfect little girl. The twins' revenge is rewarded with a trip back to the orphanage. Creech wisely keeps the abuse to emotional and a little physical (the stay in the cellar), making her point quite clear without edging into other kinds of noxious abuse. So why the names Dallas and Florida? The twins were left on the doorstep of this emotionally sterile orphanage run by a couple themselves emotionally sterile. The box in which the twins were found was lined with travel brochures, one with Dallas, one with Florida. Their birthdays and last names were manufactured. What is real about the twins is their absolute connection with each other. At thirteen they are requested by an eccentric, older couple to accompany them on separate trips. Of course, these children wonder what is in store--and what is in store is wonder! Through the vicissitudes of daily life and all it entails, Dallas and Florida begin to experience what a loving home can be, how two people can bring wonder and joy and surprise and stability. Oh, how I love this book and the tears of trepidation, the tears of recognition of purity of heart, but ultimately, tears of pure joy that it brings! There are surprise subplots as well. As for Ruby Holler itself, a quiet country backroad where the leaves turn into rubies in the fall--well, back in their younger years, Tiller uses it to woo his Sairy home from New York. His quiet manner and her understanding of his technique is another stirrer of heart emotion. Ruby Holler is also a quiet draw for the parched souls of two young teenagers in desperate need of emotional drink. They find it in Ruby Holler with this eccentric, endearing, and aging Baby Boomer couple who "find" and carve beautiful things out of wood. Please take the journey of the joy found in this remarkable book. As librarian in a PK3-8 school, I've added copies to our collection and ordered all of Sharon Creech's other books. As the book cover states: "You are now entering Ruby Holler....Your lives are never going to be the same--." Oh so true!

  • Really like this book. Vert nice story based on a true story.

  • Awesome!

  • Amazing book, loved it since I first read it in elementary school. Only and I mean only issue is I ordered specifically the cover with just the Holler, and I got the cover with the Holler and the kids - no biggie, it‘s the same exact book, I just wanted the cover I grew up with lol

  • I loved this story. It made me smile, laugh and even cried a bit; totally amazing. Creech created dynamic characters that you can't help but love. Her descriptions of the area and a plot line that was constantly developing made me feel part of the story. This is a charming story of twins, a boy and girl, who were left at an orphanage as infants and lived at that children's home for the past thirteen years. Their lives took an unexpected change when they were given an opportunity to travel with an older couple during summer vacation. Florida and Dallas have a hard time believing that anyone could possibly want them. The twins are no angels but the Moreys slowly build their trust with love and compassion. Read about their journey as I believe it will capture the imagination of readers of all ages.

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