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Lock and key a novel

When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.

Main Author: Dessen, Sarah.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2008.
Subjects:
Abandoned children > Young adult fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Young adult fiction.
Family > Young adult fiction.
Child abuse > Young adult fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Young adult fiction.
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Summary: When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
Physical Description: 422 p. ; 22 cm.
Awards: A Junior Library Guild selection
ISBN: 067001088X (hardcover) :
9780670010882 (hardcover) :
Author Notes: Sarah Dessen was born in Evanston, Illinois on June 6, 1970. She graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993 with a degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996. She mainly writes for young adults. Her books include Someone Like You, Just Listen, Along for the Ride, Keeping the Moon, Dreamland, What Happened to Goodbye, Saint Anything, and The Moon and More. She also teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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