false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256080892m/7017698.jpg 65053 4 The sassy title tells readers right away that this book is NOT like one of those hideous books where the mother dies, even if fifteen-year-old Ruby's mom has recently succumbed to cancer. Sonya Sones has made a reputation for engrossing and emotionally valid verse novels with her two previous books, <I>Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy</I> and <I>What My Mother Doesn't Know</I>, and here she has the good sense to avoid the platitudes of the tearjerker, focusing not on the melodrama of death but on the grieving process of a feisty teen--sometimes even with humor. <p> Ruby has turned her grief into anger at her father: because he divorced her mother before she was born, because she has had to leave her best friend Lizzie and her boyfriend Ray to come to Los Angeles to live with him, and because he is Whip Logan, a very famous and rich movie star. She turns a cold shoulder to all his gentle and persistent attempts to relate to her, sneers at the glamour of his Beverly Hills mansion and famous friends, and spends most of her time writing desperate emails to Lizzie and Ray, and her dead mother, from her Dream Bedroom. The friendship of Max, Whip's live-in assistant/personal trainer, is some comfort, and Ruby has a harder and harder time keeping her sneer as Whip ups the ante, from rides in his classic vintage cars, to shopping trips for anything she wants, to weekends in Las Vegas and Catalina and a party where Eminem is the guest of honor. But an earthquake leads to a surprising revelation that changes everything for Ruby, in an enormously satisfying ending. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Patty Campbell</I> 1294535 2004 One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies total:1090|5:394|4:361|3:261|2:58|1:16| 1090 4329 1571 229 4 4 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 18:45:40 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 18:46:17 -0800 2008
Although I...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 06:54:13 -0700 2008 Sun Oct 05 21:33:41 -0700 2008 1 one of those hideous books where the mother dies is enjoyable and I liked being able to realate to Ruby being a teen just like me. I don't know ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 13 07:55:55 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:14:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 18:28:01 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 26 18:28:47 -0700 2008
Great story, told in verse, but it never feels short or limited, or rushed. Ruby has never known her father, but when her mother dies she goes to live with him in LA. As if it isn’t so bad that LA is a million miles away from Boston, it...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 08 17:59:53 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 08 18:09:33 -0700 2009
A sweet story about grief, life, friendship, and family. I totally predicted ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Apr 07 10:35:26 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 10:36:30 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 17 12:45:20 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 13:22:49 -0800 2009 I thought this was a good book. I would recommend this book to teenagers because they are the only ones who would understand it. This book is about a girl named Ruby whos father is a movie star. She wasant raised with him and her mother died so she lives with her aunt. Her aunt sends her t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:16:53 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 00:17:12 -0700 2009 But of course, you will be let down, because no other novel-in-verse can really compare to this one.

Reading the title, I had e...more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Dec 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 09:35:33 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 08:54:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 07:22:21 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 07:20:00 -0800 2009 " One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies" by: Sonya Sones. Was a very good book in my opinion. I can relate to it in many ways. It also gives you an out look on things that have happened in your life or could happen. I liked, how after Ruby's mother died they found her real dad w...more...]]> 5 0 true true Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 09:58:25 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 22:11:55 -0700 2009 1 Novel in Verse

Awards
Non found, back of book says, ALA Top Ten Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers, ALA Best Book for Young Adults, IRA Young Adult Choice, Booklist Editors’ Choice

Stars
5/5

Grade
7-10th

Summary
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...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 10:50:34 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 17:56:21 -0800 2009 2 One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies is about a teenage girl, Ruby, that faces many troubles in her life. One is that her mother dies, she's never really ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:56:18 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 15:25:26 -0700 2009 What My Girlfriend Doesn't Know by Sonya Sones so I decided to pick up two of her other books that I'd seen on the shelf and have known about for a while. I've always been intrigued by the title of this book. It didn't take me long to read this, basically a few hours and nearly all ...more...]]> 5 0 true false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 13 06:44:06 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 06:58:59 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 16:53:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:03:35 -0700 2009
Ruby's mother died and she is forced to fly across the country to live with her father. The ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 26 20:41:52 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 20:42:14 -0700 2009
Eh, ternyata bagus banget! Ceritanya diawali dengan sedih. Endingnya? Memuaskan. Hehehe.

Ceritanya tentang Ruby yang harus pindah ikut ayahnya yang superstar, karena ibunya meninggal. Ruby kesal setengah ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:11:09 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 30 18:37:26 -0700 2008 1 5 0 false false Fri May 29 19:14:05 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 19:16:30 -0700 2009 Read them if you haven't because they're highly entertaining.

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