| After a year in New Orleans, Ruby and her now-crippled sister Giselle move to boarding school. Giselle attempts to make Ruby a scapegoat, both at school and at home. Ruby also struggles to maintain a relationship with her new boyfriend. | ||
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Plot & Themes Kids growing up/acting up? Yes Family, struggle with Yes Struggle with: - Sister Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Age group of kid(s) in story: - high school Something wrong upstairs/downstairs? - searching for identity/meaning Parents/lack of parents problem? Main Character Gender - Female Profession/status: Age: - a teen Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - Female Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting United States Yes The US: - Deep South Misc setting Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - impregnation/reproduction Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript |
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