LOCK AND KEY
Sarah Dessen
Speak/Penguin Young Readers Group
Fiction
Paperback: 9780142414729
Hardcover: 9780670010882
432 pages

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“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 10 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?

Bestselling author Sarah Dessen explores the heart of a gutsy, complex girl dealing with unforeseen circumstances and learning to trust again.

LOCK AND KEY © Copyright 2009 by Sarah Dessen. Reprinted with permission by Speak, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group. All rights reserved.

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