Ruby holler-why were the twins named after states?

Question

Ruby Holler

Answer 1

Ask the author.  I thought she might have been born/raised in one of these places, but she's from Ohio.  (On a sidenote--Dallas is a city, not a state.  {^u^} )

Sharon Creech

c/o HarperCollins Children's Books

Author Mail

1350 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Answer 2

Ruby Holler concerns the adventures of the orphan twins Florida (a girl) and Dallas (a boy), who are named after the tourist pamphlets in the box in which they were abandoned as babies. When the story begins they are 13, and living in the Boxton Creek Home for Children, a miserable orphanage run by the short-tempered and greedy Mr and Mrs Trepid.

Answer 3

The twins were probably named after states because it probably had something to do with the author. One of the states could have been where her first move was or where she was born! I hope that answers your questions! Visit my website www.taylors-kinz.blinkz.com and www.hsm-wildcats.blinkz.com