false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214463556m/1295102.jpg 1295102 7 <i>"Ruby, where is your mother?"</i> 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 ten 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? 1284222 22 4 2008 Lock and Key total:4767|5:1810|4:1672|3:1024|2:213|1:48| 4767 19284 7565 727 5 4 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 16:07:38 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 25 11:46:34 -0700 2009
Lock and Key is about a seventeen year old girl named Ruby. Ruby's had a tough childhood: f...more...]]> 0 5 false true Fri Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:48:13 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 13:51:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 9 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 26 21:09:08 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 22:54:04 -0700 2007 Sarah Dessen I've read, after much prompting. Her plots always seemed cheesy and melodramatic to me (based entirely on wildly varying reviews I've read and, you know, the back of the books), the young adult version of Jodi Piccoult (another author I am judging without ever having ...more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 22 10:43:35 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 19:24:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false true Sun Feb 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 20:40:44 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 12:47:00 -0800 2009
The teenager in this story named Ruby Cooper really touched my heart. I sympathized with her, rooted for her, wanted to hold her hand and point her in the right direction, and then I was amazed by her strength of spirit.

Ruby's mo...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Dec 03 18:50:33 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 18:53:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Dec 13 07:24:50 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 07:28:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 11:48:06 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 07:43:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 10:14:19 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 10:50:24 -0700 2008
This is the story of 17-year-old Ruby Cooper. Her mother recently abandoned her, and she's been living in s...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 14 09:01:09 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 08:11:36 -0700 2008
It's been a quite a long time that I found myself sitting up until three in the morning, wanting desperately to finish a story. But that is exactly where I found myself the other night with LOCK AND KEY in my hands. I was so engrossed in Ruby and he...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 09:20:21 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 08:05:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 10:49:39 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 15:03:51 -0700 2008 Lock and Key does not disappoint. The main character Ruby has been raised by her not-very-attentive mother (also named Ruby) and so she has learned to be independent and not get too close to anyone. But, when her mother disappears fo...more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 12:10:37 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 08:21:42 -0700 2008
This constitutes big changes. First, Ruby and Cora have not seen or spoken to each other in years -- Ruby didn'...more...]]> 3 3 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 26 14:03:58 -0700 2007 Sat May 10 19:20:23 -0700 2008
This is not by any means Sarah's best - the characters did not seem fully developed and the problems experienced by the sisters seem much too easily resolved...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 05:59:58 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 07:30:08 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 05:15:24 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 05:31:49 -0800 2009 1
The thing with all her characters, the one thing that makes me really appreciate her books is.. how she makes them grow with time. She tells her stories in a quiet fashi...more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri May 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 18 07:07:27 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 07:07:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 10:53:25 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 11:04:28 -0700 2009
Ruby is a teen who lives with an alcoholic abusive mother. They're barely sc...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 09:48:57 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 09:49:08 -0700 2009
Ruby is a young girl who has to grow up fast. Her dad left the family when she was young and now it’s ...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 20:55:26 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 16:56:36 -0700 2009
Ruby Cooper, as the narrator of the book, is great at describing everyone else, but spends far too much time trying to convin...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1295102