Ruby Lavender and Miss Eula are a pretty good team, for a couple of chicken thieves. What other granddaughter-grandmother duo could successfully drive the getaway car for chickens rescued from a journey to the slaughterhouse, paint a whole house shocking pink, and operate their own personal secret-letter post office? So, when Miss Eula leaves for Hawaii to visit her new grandbaby, Ruby is sure that she will have a lonely, empty, horrible summer in boring old Halleluia, Mississippi. What happens instead? She makes a new friend, saves the school play, writes plenty of letters to her favorite (and only) grandmother . . . and finally learns to stop blaming herself for her grandfather's death. Not too bad, for a nine-year-old.Binding Type: PaperbackPublisher: Houghton MifflinPublished: 03/01/2005ISBN: 9780152054786Pages: 212Weight: 0.35lbsSize: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.70dReview Citations: Publishers Weekly 03/14/2005 pg. 70Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 47412 / Love, Ruby LavenderReading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 4