Ruby, the Red-Hot Witch at Bloomingdale's
Publisher
Penguin Group
Publication Year
1991
ISBN
9780670834730
Pages
151 pages
Genre
fantasy/realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
When Ruby, the witch who works at Bloomingdale's, cures her younger brother's nervous hiccups, thirteen-year-old Petra wonders if Ruby's magic can get her separated parents back together.
Grade Level
3-5
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Separation; separated parents
Main Character
boy
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
separated parents
Awards
Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for PreK-Grade 6, Tenth Edition, 1993
Keywords
witches; New York; department store; magic
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Shyer, Marlene Fanta, "Ruby, the Red-Hot Witch at Bloomingdale's" (1991). Diverse Families. 1085.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1085