Ruby Flips For Attention (Ruby And The Booker Boys)

By Derrick Barnes

Book Overview

Eight-year-old ultra-fabulous Ruby Marigold Booker returns in this reissue of the Ruby and the Booker Boys series by Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Honor author Derrick Barnes

Brought to you by Newbery Honor author Derrick Barnes, high-flying Ruby Booker soars to new heights After watching her big cousin Kee Kee compete in a cheerleading competition, Ruby attempts to copy some of the high-flying moves she saw earlier. This cheerleading stuff could be just the thing to bring her a ton of attention. But during practice with Marcellus, she injures her arm and must be rushed to the hospital. The doctors fit her with a hot-pink cast that turns out to be a great conversation piece. After giving a million different versions of the accident to everyone at school, she becomes the center of attention after all

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0545017637
• ISBN13: 9780545017633
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.2" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

I Love this series!!!!

My 7 yr old daughter has fell in love with Ruby Booker!! We have all of the books in this series and are just finishing the last one! What a great series for African American girls!! Ruby is smart, funny and full of spirit!!

Good Book

Our daughter has all of the "Ruby" books and she enjoys them all, but this one seems to have been her favorite because she thought Ruby was "not smart" trying to copycat her cousin and falling. I enjoy these books that relate to the life of child so that they child reading it can identify. Simple Truth Simple Truth Too: Understanding the Bible In Everyday Life Catch A Falling Star

Great Book Again

My daughter couldn't wait for this book to come out and Derrick didn't disappoint. Loved It

Ruby is the best !!!!

I am 5 years old and I feel like a diva, just like Ruby Booker. I loved this book and the illustrations. Ruby and her family seem like real people to me. Parents should get this book for big girls and little girls. My mom and I enjoyed reading it together. As a parent I thought the lessons in the book were taught in an amusing way without clubbing children over the head. I think it provides a wonderful opportunity for mothers and daughters to talk about the lessons Ruby learns. Ruby speaks and acts like modern black girls . She is bright, positive and fun. My 5 year old completely related to her. My daughter and I highly recommend this book and all the other Ruby Booker books.

Flipping for Ruby

I have read all 4 Ruby books and they are quite entertaining. It is good to have a character that is refelective of an African-American child being a kid.