Published: August 9th 2016
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Genres: Mature/Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, Mental Illness, Drug Abuse
Format: Hardcover Source: Publisher
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Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
Published: April 22nd, 2008 by: Speak/Viking Children’s
Genres: YA, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction
Format: ebook Source: Library
My Rating: 4 Stars
Ruby, where is your mother?
Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, she’s been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return.
That’s how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasn’t seen in ten years, and Cora’s husband Jamie, whose down-to-earth demeanor makes it hard for Ruby to believe he founded the most popular networking Web site around. A luxurious house, fancy private school, a new wardrobe, the promise of college and a future; it’s a dream come true. So why is Ruby such a reluctant Cinderella, wary and defensive? And why is Nate, the genial boy next door with some secrets of his own, unable to accept the help that Ruby is just learning to give?
