They bring them home to Ruby Holler, which is out in the middle of nowhere and filled with animals, trees, rivers, hills and all kinds of wonderful outdoor sights. One day an older couple named Tiller and Sairy arrives at the orphanage to get two kids to go on vacation with them, and they select Dallas and Florida. Other families that have taken Florida and Dallas in for a while, but they are too much trouble for everyone and end up being returned to the Trepids. Dallas and Florida get in a lot of trouble because they're always breaking some rule or another. The Trepids have a gazillion rules about all the things kids can’t do while they live there. They live in an orphanage run by the Trepids, a couple who can’t stand children. Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech is realistic fiction at its best! Dallas and his sister, Florida, are twins who have had a very rough life.
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