This is Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's first novel, and it feels like it. Her talents are still in the honing phase.
Ruthie is the only daughter in a household with 6 or 7 brothers (I lost count) and she wants to please her mother by becoming a "lady" but the challenge is frequently too great. She's more likely to do what all her brothers are doing and disappointing her mother, yet again.
In Ruthie's Gift, she has taken a collection of stories and memories from her own grandmother and rearranged them into a novel. Many little episodes are true or true-ish stories from that woman's childhood. As such, the episodes are sometimes good, but the overall story is rather weak. The conclusion felt flat and anticlimactic. ( )

The book ruthie's gift is a excellent book. It is about a girl named ruthie she has only brothers. her mother becomes pregnant and she wishes that it will be a girl.Her mom ends up having a boy . up the street a new family moves in. its two girls her age and a new baby sister.she knows now that she would not be the only one in her grade .but she ends up getting really sick. this book is a well written book but is for younger readers

I read this book when I was a lot younger and enjoyed it. I have since passed it on to my younger cousin who also loved it. ( )