Wiles, Deborah <br/><br/>
Love, Ruby Lavender. 

 - San Diego :  Gulliver Books,  2001. 
<br/><br/> When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0-15-204568-6 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Humorous Stories<br/>Contemporary Fiction