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Lock and Key | 
| Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Category: Book
List Price: $18.99
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 752
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 067001088X
EAN: 9780670010882
ASIN: 067001088X
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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Product Description
Ruby, where is your mother? Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, shes been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return. Thats how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasnt seen in ten years, and Coras 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 futureits 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? Best-selling author Sarah Dessen explores the heart of a gutsy, complex girl dealing with unforeseen circumstances and learning to trust again.
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 fails to deliver November 11, 2008
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i tryed to get into the book but couldnt. i mean it was bla, nothing really to rave about or complain either. i felt like she was making Ruby more tough then she should be. it was all just prdictable and a waste really. its one of those books you think you know whats going to happen and Oh look it happened. i didnt buy anything she was feeding in the book.
Abrupt Ending November 9, 2008
A. Luciano (Lowell, MA United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ruby and her mother always had a dysfunctional relationship. Her mother was an alcoholic and they spent much of their time moving from place to place, one crummy apartment after the other. Suddenly, though, Ruby's mother is gone.
Ruby is seventeen and certain she can take care of herself, but the landlords who realize she is by herself and the social worker who puts her into the state's care think differently.
Almost before she knows it, Ruby is living in a gorgeous mansion, attending a pricey private school, and trying to deal with her new guardians--her sister Cora, ten years older than Ruby, whom Ruby hasn't seen or heard from since she left for college ten years earlier, and Jamie, Cora's friendly and easygoing husband.
Things are strained, and Ruby considers taking off, but then thinks she might be able to tough out the year, instead. Soon enough she finds herself with connections she never wanted--obligations to her sister and brother-in-law, a couple of friends at school, and a neighbor who refuses to be chased away by her unpleasantness.
Can Ruby adjust to a life where she is not on her own, where she must depend on other people and have them depend on her as well?
I liked Ruby's character and the backstory that made her character seem plausible. Her transition from her old life to her new life was an intriguing one, and I was hopeful she would adjust to it. However, it seemed unrealistic that Cora's big revelation about their mother would have taken so long to come out, or that Cora would be unaware of the level of their mother's manipulation. The ending of this story was also rather abrupt, with a few paragraphs tacked on to tell what everyone was up to after the story ended. This ending seemed a bit forced.
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