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Baskin, Nora Raleigh

Ruby on the Outside

163 pp. | Simon | June, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4424-8503-7 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4424-8505-1
(4) 4-6 Young Ruby longs for her mother; she's been in prison since Ruby was five. A new friend's older brother died years ago; incredibly, he has the same name and lived in the same town as the guy killed by Ruby's mother's boyfriend. A sensitive, much-needed book about an incarcerated parent is marred by this distracting coincidence--which (spoiler alert) turns out to be just that.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

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