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Ruth White (1) (1942–)

Author of Belle Prater's Boy

For other authors named Ruth White, see the disambiguation page.

14 Works 3,237 Members 90 Reviews

About the Author

Image credit: World Socialist Web Site

Series

Works by Ruth White

Belle Prater's Boy (1996) 1,639 copies

Way Down Deep (2007) 303 copies

Memories of Summer (2000) 238 copies

Buttermilk Hill (2004) 207 copies

Tadpole (2003) 204 copies

Little Audrey (2008) 154 copies

The Search for Belle Prater (2005) 152 copies

You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) (2011) 113 copies

A Month of Sundays (1800) 73 copies

Sweet Creek Holler (1988) 57 copies

Weeping Willow (1992) 53 copies

The Treasure of Way Down Deep (2013) 38 copies

Diary of a Wildflower (2014) 5 copies

Bellissima 1 copy

Tagged

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: White, Ruth C.
Other names: Miller, Ruth White
Birthdate: 1942
Gender: female
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Virginia, USA
Places of residence: Grundy, Virginia, USA
North Carolina, USA
South Carolina, USA
Georgia, USA
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Education: Montreat College
Pfeiffer College
Occupations: Teacher
School Librarian
Awards and honors: Newbery Honor Medal

Members

Reviews

Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White

Full of charm and great characters.

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sloth852 | 23 other reviews | Mar 13, 2024 |

Belle Prater's Boy

Fantasy

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BooksInMirror | 23 other reviews | Feb 19, 2024 |

Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White

Newbery Honor Book

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vashonpatty | 23 other reviews | Jul 31, 2023 |

Belle Prater's boy by 1942-,

unacceptable - Christ
fair - Michael
good - Katrina

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hcs_admin | 23 other reviews | Aug 15, 2022 |

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Lists

Dogs -- children's/young adult fiction (1)

Bicycles on cover -- children's/young adult fiction (1)

Honey For a Child's Heart (1)

Retriever dogs -- Children's/YA/adult fiction+auto/biography (1)

Newbery Adjacent (1)

GAL Book Club (1)

Books Read in 2023 (1)

Newbery Honor Books By year - II - 1981-2025 (1)

Best Newbery Honor Books (1)

Awards

By Award By Work

Best Fiction for Young Adults

Memories of Summer (Selection – 2001)

Belle Prater's Boy (Selection – 1997)

Weeping Willow (Selection – 1993)

Nebraska Golden Sower Award

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Honeybee (Chapter Book) – 1999)

Texas Bluebonnet Award

Way Down Deep (Nominee – 2009)

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

Belle Prater's Boy (Honor – Fiction – 1996)

Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award

Buttermilk Hill (Nominee – 2007)

Young Hoosier Book Award

Tadpole (Nominee – Middle Grade – 2006)

Memories of Summer (Nominee – Middle Grade – 2004)

Little Audrey (2009)

Notable Book for a Global Society

Little Audrey (Historical Fiction – 2009)

Belle Prater's Boy (1997)

ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults

Weeping Willow (Read ‘Em & Weep – 2005)

Sequoyah Book Award

You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) (Nominee – Children's – 2014)

Way Down Deep (Nominee – Intermediate – 2010)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Children's – 1999)

Weeping Willow (Nominee – Young Adult – 1995)

Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award

Tadpole (Nominee – 2006)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – 1999)

Triple Crown Awards

Way Down Deep (Nominee – Lamplighter Award – 2010)

Georgia Children's Book Award

Way Down Deep (Finalist – Possibly for All Grades (4-8) – 2009)

NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6

Memories of Summer (365807)

Belle Prater's Boy (365806)

BCCB Blue Ribbon Book

Memories of Summer (2000)

Utah Beehive Book Award

Way Down Deep (Nominee – Children's Fiction – 2009)

Parents' Choice Book Award

The Treasure of Way Down Deep (2013)

Kentucky Bluegrass Award

Buttermilk Hill (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 2006)

Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award

Tadpole (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 2006)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Grades 6-8 – 1998)

Sasquatch Book Award

Tadpole (Nominee – 2006)

Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award

The Search for Belle Prater (Nominee – 2008)

Buttermilk Hill (Nominee – 2007)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – 1999)

Pacific Northwest Library Association Young Reader's Choice Award

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Youth – 1999)

William Allen White Children's Book Award

Way Down Deep (Nominee – Grades 3-5 – 74813)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – 18457)

Belle Prater's Boy (Honor Book – 1997)

Nutmeg Book Award

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Intermediate – 2001)

Vermont Golden Dome Book Award

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee)

Way Down Deep (Nominee)

Tadpole (Nominee)

Memories of Summer (Nominee)

Mark Twain Readers Award

Way Down Deep (Nominee – 2010)

The Search for Belle Prater (Nominee – 2008)

Buttermilk Hill (Nominee – 2007)

Tadpole (Nominee – 2006)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee)

You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) (Nominee – 2013)

Way Down Deep (Nominee – 2009)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – 2000)

South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards

Weeping Willow (Nominee – 1993)

Grand Canyon Reader Award

Little Audrey (Nominee – Intermediate – 2011)

Buttermilk Hill (Nominee – Intermediate – 2008)

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Teen – 2000)

The Best Children's Books of the Year

You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) (Nine to Twelve – 2012)

California Young Reader Medal

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Intermediate, Grades 3-5 – 1999)

Children's Favorites Awards

Way Down Deep (Selection – Advanced Readers (Grades 5–6, Ages 10–12) – 2008)

West Virginia Children's Choice Book Award

Little Audrey (Nominee – 74813)

Way Down Deep (Nominee – 28885)

Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens

Memories of Summer (2001)

Belle Prater's Boy (1996)

Virginia Readers' Choice

You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does) (Nominee – Middle School – 2014)

Little Audrey (Nominee – Middle School – 2011)

Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth

Little Audrey (2008)

Way Down Deep (2007)

Black-Eyed Susan Book Award

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Grades 6-9 – 1999)

Great Reads from Great Places

Way Down Deep (West Virginia – 2008)

Belle Prater's Boy (Virginia – 2002)

Books From All 50 States (and Washington, D.C.!)

Belle Prater's Boy (Virginia)

Way Down Deep (West Virginia)

Tadpole (Kentucky)

Notable Children's Book

Belle Prater's Boy (1997)

Maud Hart Lovelace Award

Belle Prater's Boy (Nominee – Division I - Grades 3-5 – 2000)

NCTE/CLA Notable Children's Book in the English Language Arts

Buttermilk Hill (2005)

Belle Prater's Boy (1997)

Rhode Island Teen Book Award

Memories of Summer (Nominee – 2001)

School Library Journal Best Book of the Year

Book Links Lasting Connections

Little Audrey (Grades 6–8 – 2008)

Booklist Top of the List: Best of Editors' Choice

Little Audrey (Youth Fiction – 2008)

Carolyn W. Field Award

Way Down Deep (Winner – Children's – 2008)

South Carolina Book Awards

Buttermilk Hill (Nominee – Children's Book Award – 2007)

Tadpole (Nominee – Children's Book Award – 2006)

Statistics

Works: 14
Members: 3,237
Popularity: #7,904
Rating: 3.9

Reviews: 90
ISBNs: 171
Languages: 9

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