Ruby Holler

Just finished Ruby Holler. Great book. Toward the end I couldn't put it down. It is a really good story. Nature, villians, a boy and a girl (twins) as the main characters with distinct personalities, a mystery and a little heart-racing part. I hadn't read it before because so many of you had read it and so I relied on your recommendations to get others to choose this book to read. But when it won the MHL Award this year, I thought I'd better see for myself if this is a winner.

Usually summertime is when I try to get a head start on the MHL books for next school year, so I can advertise them. Today I went to my public library and the shelves were almost bare! They had a display of multiple copies of the new nominees and only a few were left. I felt guilty checking out two of them. I'll have to read fast so I can return them and get them back into circulation.