Ruby on the Outside

by Nora Raleigh Baskin

Book Overview

Ruby's mom is in prison, and to tell anyone the truth is to risk true friendship in this novel from the author of The Summer Before Boys that accurately and sensitively addresses a subject too often overlooked.

Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes is about to start middle school, and only her aunt knows her deepest, darkest, most secret secret: her mother is in prison.

Then Margalit Tipps moves into Ruby's condo complex, and the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442485035
• ISBN13: 9781442485037
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7