
Ludell Wilson loves her home in Waycross, Georgia, and a girl couldn't ask for a finer friend than Ruthie Mae Johnson, who has some of the wildest schemes and best ideas for having fun. When Ludell meets Wilie, the boy next door, she realizes there is a better life outside Waycross...



A National Book Award nominee in 1975, Ludell is the first book in a ground-breaking trilogy about a young African American girl growing up during the 1950s in a small Georgia town. Ludell Wilson is a bookworm and burgeoning writer who adores her best friend Ruthie Mae, her loving...


