Lock and Key
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2008.
Format: Book
Description: 422 pages ; 22 cm
When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior 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, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.
Subjects:
Abandoned children -- Teen fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Teen fiction.
Families -- Teen fiction.
Child abuse -- Teen fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Teen fiction.
Sisters -- Teen fiction.
Social workers -- Teen fiction.
Wealth -- Teen fiction.
Friendship -- Teen fiction.
Abandoned children -- Teen fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Teen fiction.
Families -- Teen fiction.
Child abuse -- Teen fiction.
Interpersonal relations -- Teen fiction.
Sisters -- Teen fiction.
Social workers -- Teen fiction.
Wealth -- Teen fiction.
Friendship -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: 840L
ISBN:
067001088X
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"Book design by Nancy Brennan ; Viking, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc."--Title page verso.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Junior Library Guild selection