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Ruth White

    March 15, 1942 – June 8, 2017

    The author's novels draw deeply from vivid childhood memories of growing up in the Appalachian hills, a setting that informs much of their work. Their stories explore the complex lives of adolescents, often set against the backdrop of small towns with rich mining histories. The writing is characterized by a profound understanding of the adolescent experience and the social dynamics that shaped the author's own youth. A background in education, particularly as a school librarian, fueled a desire to create literature that resonates with young readers, reflecting their realities and encouraging introspection.

    BELLE PRATERS BOY
    Shades of Color
    Working With Spirit Guides
    Choices
    Using Your Chakras
    River of Life: Choices for Self-Transformation
    • 2016

      TREASURE OF WAY DOWN DEEP

      • 194 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Strange occurrences begin in Way Down Deep when Ruby Jolene Hurley sees the ghostly shadow of her deceased goat. As Halloween approaches, the town faces misfortune with the coal mine's closure, leaving many unemployed. Ruby believes that the key to solving their troubles lies in a long-rumored treasure buried by the town's founder, Archibald Ward. Despite widespread skepticism, she is resolute in her quest to uncover the treasure and restore hope to her community.

      TREASURE OF WAY DOWN DEEP
    • 2012

      Choices

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      The story explores the contrasting aspirations of Ted Wyatt and Kelly Trent, whose desires shape their future. Ted dreams of marriage and family, while Kelly yearns to escape ranch life. Their seemingly complementary goals raise questions about compatibility and fulfillment, leading to a tension between their individual paths. As they navigate their choices, the narrative delves into the complexities of relationships and the potential for frustration when personal dreams diverge.

      Choices
    • 2012

      You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does)

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      3.5(38)Add rating

      Set in a hostile society that suppresses individual freedom through drugs and brainwashing, two alien children, Meggie and David Blue, navigate their unique identities, marked by blue streaks in their hair and unusual language skills. Along with their mother and grandfather, they accidentally land on this oppressive planet and, drawing from their experiences in more liberated societies, they devise a plan to escape while committing to aid others trapped in this grim reality. Their journey highlights themes of resilience and the fight for freedom.

      You'll Like It Here (Everybody Does)
    • 2012
    • 2012

      BELLE PRATERS BOY

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      4.2(79)Add rating

      Around 5:00 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning on October 1953, my Aunt Belle left her bed and vanished from the face of the earth. Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle's son moves next door, she has her chance. Woodrow isn't as forthcoming as Gypsy hopes, yet he becomes more than just a curiosity to her-- during their sixth-grade year she finds that they have enough in common to be best friends. Even so, Gypsy is puzzled by Woodrow's calm acceptance of his mother's disappearance, especially since she herself has never gotten over her father's death. When Woodrow finally reveals that he's been keeping a secret about his mother, Gypsy begins to understand that there are different ways of finding the strength to face the truth, no matter how painful it is. Belle Prater's Boy is a 1996 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Fiction and a 1997 Newbery Honor Book.

      BELLE PRATERS BOY
    • 2011

      Way Down Deep

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading
      3.8(21)Add rating

      With a touch of magic and a lot of heart, award winning author Ruth White tells the tale of Ruby, an orphan in the South in the 1940s, who discovers something stronger than family ties: love.

      Way Down Deep
    • 2010
    • 2009

      Shades of Color

      • 180 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      How much does one's color matter? Are we the color we see when regarding ourselves in the mirror, the color others see when they look at us or the color assigned to us by our circumstances of birth? Ally, a slave, has to answer these questions and, ultimately, discover what freedom means. Much of her story recounts her perilous journey: pursued by slave catchers, enduring cold and hunger, following the North Star. After crossing the Ohio River, safety is not assured because of the Fugitive Slave Act, but she is helped by Underground Railroad "conductors" until she becomes too ill to continue to Canada and freedom. Ally succeeds in ways she could not foresee to find freedom and love.

      Shades of Color
    • 1997

      Working with Your Guides and Angels

      • 128 pages
      • 5 hours of reading

      Shows how to use guides and angels, what they can mean to your life, and how they can increase your perception of other worlds. White stresses the psychological preparation necessary for contact with these discarnate beings, and highlights the areas ofour lives that can benefit from communication with them. White draws on her personal experience with angels and provides channeled information from her own wellknown discarnate guide, Gildas.

      Working with Your Guides and Angels