Ruby in the Sky
Ruby in the Sky by Jeanne Zulick Ferruolo, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) on February 5, 2019, is a juvenile fiction novel that explores themes of family, friendship, and social challenges. The story follows twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes, who grapples with her family’s struggles and her desire to remain unnoticed in her new environment. As she navigates her feelings about her father’s absence and her mother’s arrest, Ruby’s journey takes unexpected turns when she forms connections with her classmates and a local recluse.
Readers will find that Ruby’s reluctance to engage with others is challenged by her budding friendships with Ahmad, a Syrian refugee, and Abigail, known as “the Bird Lady.” As Ruby learns more about their lives, she confronts the rumors and judgments surrounding her own family. This edition, comprising 304 pages, delves into the complexities of social themes and the importance of breaking down barriers to foster understanding and connection.
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Twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes does not want her new classmates to ask about her father. She does not want them to know her mother has been arrested. And she definitely does not want to make any friends. Ruby just wants to stay as silent and invisible as a new moon in the frozen sky. She and her mother won’t be staying long in Vermont anyway, and then things can go back to the way they were before everything went wrong.
But keeping to herself isn’t easy when Ahmad Saleem, a Syrian refugee, decides he’s her new best friend. Or when she meets “the Bird Lady,” a recluse named Abigail who lives in a ramshackle shed near Ruby’s house. Before long Ahmad and Abigail have become Ruby’s friends—and she realizes there is more to their stories than everyone knows.
As ugly rumors begin to swirl around the people Ruby loves, she must make a choice: break her silence, or risk losing everything that’s come to mean so much to her. Ruby in the Sky is a story of the walls we hide behind, and the magic that can happen when we’re brave enough to break free.
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