Belle Prater's Boy
(Newbery Honor Book)
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3.5 • 49 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
PW gave a starred review to this Newbery Honor book about the friendship between a sorrowing 12-year-old girl and an unusual boy in 1950s Western Virginia: "so fresh that readers can practically smell the lilacs and the blossoming fruit trees." Ages 10-up.
Customer Reviews
The Book
Well I was Looking for a book in the Library and just found Belle Prater's Boy. So Far it is interesting and good would not say it is the best book that iv read that would be the Sacrifice but I'm only on chapter 6 but so far its okay I can't wait to know what really happened to Gypsy's Aunt Belle and yes the story line is excellent.
Wow
I recommend this book. It is written very well and has an amazing story line. Honestly, it was the best book I have ever read. Ever. Read it!!!!!
Good
I really did love this book and I cannot wait to read the sequel! We read this in my 6th Grade English class so I have done tests and stuff on this. Very good book, would recommend for young mystery lovers!