Dessen, Sarah.

Lock and key / Sarah Dessen. - New York : Speak, 2009, c2008. - 422, 15 p. ; 22 cm.

Originally published: New York : Viking, 2008.

When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, 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, and that she too has something to offer others.


Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology)--Juvenile fiction.
Families--Juvenile fiction.
Child abuse--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.

PZ7.D455 / Lo 2009

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