Ruby on the Outside (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442485037)

Ruby's mom is in prison, and to tell anyone the truth is to risk true friendship in this novel from the author of The Summer Before Boys that accurately and sensitively addresses a subject too often overlooked.

Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes is about to start middle school, and only her aunt knows her deepest, darkest, most secret secret: her mother is in prison.

Then Margalit Tipps moves into Ruby's condo complex, and the two immediately hit it off. Ruby thinks she's found her first true-blue friend--but can she tell Margalit the truth about her mom? Maybe not. Because it turns out that Margalit's family history seems closely connected to the very event that put her mother in prison, and if Ruby comes clean, she could lose everything she cares about most.

Author: Nora Raleigh Baskin
ISBN-10: 1442485035
ISBN-13: 9781442485037
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2015
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.90w x 0.70d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 174506 / Ruby on the Outside


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2015
School Library Journal 04/01/2015 pg. 143
Booklist 05/15/2015 pg. 56
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2015
BookPage 07/01/2015
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2015 pg. 75 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw