
Lock and Key
by Sarah Dessen
Taste attributes: teendramafamilywholesomelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agehuman spirit/resilience/survivalcomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA small-scale, stirring book, otherwise balanced. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.5 / 5
2 ratings
About This Book
"Ruby, where is your mother?"Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, she's been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return.That's how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasn't seen in ten years, and Cora's husband Jamie, whose down-to-earth demeanor makes it hard for Ruby to believe he founded the most popular networking Web site...
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- Author
- Sarah Dessen
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 422
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- Open Library
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