Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
1998
Weight: 11.2 oz
Method of Disposal: Donating
SPOILER ALERT
This was a surprisingly good young adult novel that was centered on two kids turning into teenagers, Gypsy and Woodrow. They are both reeling with the loss of a parent. Gypsy lost her father to suicide and Woodrow's mom disappeared. Both characters are so earnest and so lovable. You just want to make everything right for them. They have such loving personalities despite their struggles and when Woodrow weaves an elaborate tale of magic and two worlds throughout the book you find yourself desperately believing that his mom will come back for him and that she is just stuck somewhere. It is not until the very end of the book that you too have to feel a disappointment similar to Woodrow's when he admits that his mom left him behind and that she is not coming back. I wanted to be enraged, but then Gypsy reminds you that, "Aunt Belle had left Woodrow on purpose just like my daddy left me. Not because they didn't love us. They did. But their pain was bigger than their love" (195).
1998
Weight: 11.2 oz
Method of Disposal: Donating
SPOILER ALERT
This was a surprisingly good young adult novel that was centered on two kids turning into teenagers, Gypsy and Woodrow. They are both reeling with the loss of a parent. Gypsy lost her father to suicide and Woodrow's mom disappeared. Both characters are so earnest and so lovable. You just want to make everything right for them. They have such loving personalities despite their struggles and when Woodrow weaves an elaborate tale of magic and two worlds throughout the book you find yourself desperately believing that his mom will come back for him and that she is just stuck somewhere. It is not until the very end of the book that you too have to feel a disappointment similar to Woodrow's when he admits that his mom left him behind and that she is not coming back. I wanted to be enraged, but then Gypsy reminds you that, "Aunt Belle had left Woodrow on purpose just like my daddy left me. Not because they didn't love us. They did. But their pain was bigger than their love" (195).
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