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Laura Ruby

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Children's Books, Young Adult, Literature & Fiction

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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 "hilarious and heart-wrenching" by People and "a knowing look at the costs and rewards of remaking a family," by the Hartford-Courant, the book was also featured in Redbook, Working Mother , and USA Today among others.

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 H ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 56,215 ratings · 10,102 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	Bone Gap 3.82 avg rating — 28,429 ratings — published 2015 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Cipher (York, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 5,502 ratings — published 2017 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All 3.87 avg rating — 5,352 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Good Girls 3.65 avg rating — 2,061 ratings — published 2006 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clockwork Ghost (York, #2) 4.14 avg rating — 1,697 ratings — published 2019 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wall and the Wing (Wall and the Wing, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,223 ratings — published 2006 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Map of Stars (York #3) 3.98 avg rating — 1,014 ratings — published 2020 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lily's Ghosts 3.81 avg rating — 1,033 ratings — published 2003 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bad Apple 3.35 avg rating — 993 ratings — published 2009 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Play Me 3.04 avg rating — 576 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Laura Ruby (?)

“People look, they don't see.”
― Laura Ruby, Bone Gap

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“Funny how you notice how beautiful things are just when you're about to leave them.”
― Laura Ruby, Bone Gap

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“But wasn't that love? Seeing what no one else could?”
― Laura Ruby, Bone Gap

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What book would you like to read in September?

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

51 votes, 44.7%

The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

17 votes, 14.9%

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

17 votes, 14.9%

Forget You by Jennifer Echols

8 votes, 7.0%

Oh. My. Gods. by Tera Lynn Childs

6 votes, 5.3%

Bad Apple by Laura Ruby

6 votes, 5.3%

Hero by Perry Moore

4 votes, 3.5%

Numbering All the Bones by Ann Rinaldi

3 votes, 2.6%

The Freak Observer by Blythe Woolston

2 votes, 1.8%

The Wave by Todd Strasser

0 votes, 0.0%

114 total votes

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