Ruth C. White (March 15, 1942 — June 8, 2017) was an American children's writer. Her novel '' Belle Prater's Boy'' was a

Newbery Honor Book The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished cont ...

in 1997.

Work

*''The City Rose'', as Ruth White Miller (1977) *''Sweet Creek Holler'' *'' Belle Prater's Boy'', Newbery Honor, Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor *''Memories of Summer'' ALA Top Ten Books of the Year, 2001 *''Tadpole'' biographical fiction *''Buttermilk Hill'', a sequel to ''Weeping Willow'' *''The Search for Belle Prater'', a sequel to "Belle Prater's Boy" *''Way Down Deep'' *''Little Audrey'' Booklist Top of the List, 2009 *''The Treasure of Way Down Deep'' *''You'll Like it Here (Everybody Does)'' *''A month of Sundays'' Self-published: *''Diary of a Wildflower'', loosely based on the author's mother's early years *''Lily of the Valley: Mansions of Karma, book 1'' *''Serendipity: Memoir of a Mystic *''The Blues of Lotus Hall'' *''Hanging With Ecila''

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External links

Interview
by ALAN, ''The ALAN Review'', Winter 1995
Biography
at publisher Scholastic
Reviews
1942 births 2017 deaths American children's writers Newbery Honor winners People from Buchanan County, Virginia Writers from Virginia Place of birth missing American women children's writers 20th-century American women writers 21st-century American women writers {{US-child-writer-stub