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  <about><![CDATA[Raised in the wilds of suburban New Jersey, Laura Ruby now lives in Chicago with her family. Her short fiction for adults has appeared in various literary magazines, including Other Voices, The Florida Review, Sycamore Review and Nimrod. A collection of these stories, I'M NOT JULIA ROBERTS, was published by Warner Books in January 2007. Called &quot;hilarious and heart-wrenching&quot; by People and &quot;a knowing look at the costs and rewards of remaking a family,&quot; by the Hartford-Courant, the book was also featured in Redbook, Working Mother , and USA Today among others.<br/><br/>Ruby is also the author of the Edgar-nominated children's mystery LILY'S GHOSTS (8/03), the children's fantasy THE WALL AND THE WING (3/06) and a sequel, THE CHAOS KING (5/07) all from Harpercollins. She writes for older teens as well, and her debut young adult novel, GOOD GIRLS (9/06), also from Harpercollins, was a Book Sense Pick for fall 2006 and an ALA Quick Pick for 2007. A new young adult novel, PLAY ME, is slated for publication in fall of 2008. Her books have sold in England, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Denmark, Serbia and Montenegro. THE WALL AND THE WING is currently in development with Laika Studios for release as an animated feature. <br/><br/>Ms. Ruby has been a featured speaker at BookExpo, the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) annual convention, the Miami Book Festival, the Florida Association of Media Educators (FAME) convention, the Midwest Literary Festival, the International Reading Association's annual convention, and Illinois Reading Council annual conference, among other venues, and she has presented programs and workshops for both adults and children at numerous schools and libraries.<br/><br/>Currently, she is working on several thousand projects, drinking way too much coffee, and searching for new tunes for her iPod.]]></about>
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    <![CDATA[  Audrey Porter is a &quot;good girl&quot; -- a good student, a great daughter, a fab   friend. She's also the last person anyone expects to be hanging out with   Luke DeSalvio, the hottest guy at Audrey's school. But Luke is a liar, a   player, a dream, and Audrey knows it. She dumps him at her friend's   Halloween party with no intention of looking back. But everyone else is   looking -- looking at a mysterious and humiliating photograph that has   popped up on their cell phones and computers. But who took it? And why? And   how will she ever live it down?]]>
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    <![CDATA[Lily's Ghosts]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>A sinister old house, an intriguing new friend, a fifty-year-old mystery, and a tag-team of disgruntled ghosts force thirteen-year-old Lily to unearth her family's deepest secrets in this multilayered tale that's both hilarious and harrowing, comic and creepy.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Wall and the Wing]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p> A few, nicknamed leadfeet, are forced to forever spend their lives closer to the ground. But one night, a girl named Gurl&#8212;a leadfoot, an orphan, a nobody&#8212;discovers that she can do something much better than fly. </p> <p> She can become invisible. </p> <p> Along with a new friend, a boy named Bug, Gurl begins a quest that takes her on a wild ride through the magical city, all the way to the handsome but lethal Sweetcheeks Grabowski&#8212;the gangster who holds the key to Gurl's past . . . and the world's future. </p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Eddy knows how to play the game. Not only has he got a hit online TV show, but in the game of love Eddy knows all the tricks, and who will play with him. The girls who know he doesn’t make any promises. The girls who are cool with it. But as graduation looms, everything starts deviating from Eddy’s master script. Never in a million years did he expect to be facing off with unapproachable Lucinda Dulko. For once, he’s not in control—but to be with Lucinda, he’s willing to get swept up by the game. What happens to a player when the rules change? Laura Ruby, author of the highly acclaimed Good Girls, has crafted another beautifully written, utterly honest teen novel—this one showing love and heartbreak from a guy’s perspective.<br/>]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Chaos King]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p> In a city filled with wonders, one girl can do the most wonderful thing of all. </p> <p> Georgie is special. </p> <p> Not only is she the one person who can disappear at will, but since she found her parents, she's become The Richest Girl in the Universe. She may be special, but is she lucky? Her parents have forbidden her to vanish, her new school is full of snooty heiresses, she's had a growth spurt that makes her as graceful as a grizzly, and her best friend in the world, a belligerent boy named Bug, seems to have abandoned her. </p> <p> But adventure is just around the corner, as a madman who calls himself The Chaos King has Georgie and Bug in his sights. In their efforts to save themselves from his insane plans, Georgie and Bug discover some of the amazing secrets of the city they love. Their journey will lead them to confront a pack of blasé vampires, a living lion of stone, a disgruntled teenage poet, a candy-loving sloth, The <em>Second</em> Richest Girl in the Universe, a fussy man named Mr. Fuss, and finally, the brink of the unimaginable. . . . </p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Does every second wife look like Julia Roberts? Lu Klein  certainly doesn't, and her life is anything but glamorous. When she married  a man with children, Lu had no idea that she was also marrying his shrewish  ex-wife, Beatrix. And Beatrix had no idea that making a new home with her  second husband would mean welcoming her wicked teenage stepdaughter, Liv.  And Liv's mother Roxie had no idea that so many new and exciting boyfriends  could make her long for the stable life she and her ex had too eagerly left  behind.  <p>In this tightly interconnected collection of ten short stories, author  Laura Ruby chronicles the progress of Lu, Beatrix, Roxie and their various  steps and exes as they take the perilous plunge into the maelstrom of the  so-called &quot;blended family.&quot; Both ruefully funny and wickedly insightful,  I'M NOT JULIA ROBERTS offers finely-observed, honest and affecting takes on  kids, stepkids, divorce, remarriage...and the movie Stepmom.</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[Bad Apple]]>
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    <![CDATA[Junior Tola Riley doesn’t care what people say about her. She knows her ever-changing hair color and goth clothes make her an easy target. Whatever. But the latest rumor is different.... The entire school believes she had an affair with her art teacher. The rumors may be a lie, but the fallout is all too real. Will Tola finally stand up for the truth?<br/><br/>With a heroine you'll root for and a truly relevant story, Laura Ruby has once again brought the authentic teen experience to life for readers who relish dark humor and razor-sharp wit.<br/>]]>
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    <![CDATA[The Boy Who Could Fly]]>
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