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Published
2004
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Subgenre
Contemporary
Section
Young Adult

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

Sonya Sones

After her mother dies, Ruby must move three thousand miles to Los Angeles to live with the movie-star father she has never met.

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Themes

Grief & lossParents & grandparentsBelonging

Mood

Feels emotional, funny.

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