Ruby on the Outside
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Publication Year
2015
ISBN
9781442485037
Pages
163 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes has a real best friend for the first time ever, but agonizes over whether or not to tell her a secret she has never shared with anyone--that her mother has been in prison since Ruby was five--and over whether to express her anger to her mother.
Grade Level
6-8
Lexile Measure
720L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Legal guardianship; Incarceration; aunt raising niece; mother in prison; parent in prison
Main Character
female child
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
mother and aunt
Awards
Choices, 2016 Children's Fiction
Notable Books for a Global Society, 2016
Keywords
best friends; mothers and daughters; friendship; secrets; truth; shooting; crime; middle school
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Baskin, Nora Raleigh, "Ruby on the Outside" (2015). Diverse Families. 181.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/181