Lock and Key | 
 enlarge | Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 683
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.3 x 1.6
ISBN: 067001088X
EAN: 9780670010882
ASIN: 067001088X
Publication Date: April 22, 2008
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Ruby, where is your mother? Ruby knows that the game is up. For the past few months, shes been on her own in the yellow house, managing somehow, knowing that her mother will probably never return. Thats how she comes to live with Cora, the sister she hasnt seen in ten years, and Coras husband Jamie, whose down-to-earth demeanor makes it hard for Ruby to believe he founded the most popular networking Web site around. A luxurious house, fancy private school, a new wardrobe, the promise of college and a futureits a dream come true. So why is Ruby such a reluctant Cinderella, wary and defensive? And why is Nate, the genial boy next door with some secrets of his own, unable to accept the help that Ruby is just learning to give? Best-selling author Sarah Dessen explores the heart of a gutsy, complex girl dealing with unforeseen circumstances and learning to trust again.
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 18549654 July 2, 2008
Wow, is one word to describe Sarah's new book! I loved it and couldn't put it down! Ruby's story was so real and I couldn't help but picture Nate! This book is highly recommended by me and others so you should definetely add this book to your library for a great read! I am looking forward for more books of hers to come!
Another Great Book by Dessen June 24, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Dessen has done it again! I loved this book, never wanting to put it down. It's about Ruby who lived with her mom in a yellow farmhouse when one day Ruby's mom just never comes back. Sort of "runs away". Ruby stays there, not telling anyone that her moms gone, waiting out the months until she turns 18. But then the landlords bust her and she is sent to live with her sister, Cora, who left her and her mother when she went to college. It pretty much centers around Nate, her neighbor and her realtionship with Cora. I loved it! It really was sad seeing how mislead everyone was. I also loved how Rogerson was included in the book and Kiki Sparks! I love how Dessen does that. I haven't read all of Dessen's books but out of the ones I have read this is my favorite!
A really enjoyable novel, but a main character I couldn't relate to. June 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I loved this story overall. It had really good traits, and aspects, and the main idea behind it was rather enjoyable, as are all of Dessen's plots. I'd definitely recommend this to others.
My only problem with this story, as well as a couple of her other novels, is how sexually promiscuous the main characters always seem to be =/. Or, at the very least...how..well, not 'loose' but ...the manner in which many of the female characters in her novels don't hold any morality (or, for some, dont' really care at all about it) as far as having sex at such a young age goes.
It'd be nice if such were otherwise - considering how quickly morality in today's society is disappearing. Girls, especially 'young adult' females reading novels today, need something to look up to other than a lack of modesty. That's my only issue with this novel.
I'll admit, however, Dessen's ability to present sexual scenes (not kissing or loving scenes, but... scenes with actual sex being hinted at) without being at all graphic is quite relieving. And I commend her for such. That's another reason why her stories are so enjoyable - things like that don't obstruct the reader's path towards the story's main idea. Once more, I liked this story, and think it deserves 4 stars, at the very least.
Dysfunctional under lock & key June 20, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Dysfunctional familes reach an all-time high is this latest novel, along with another I'm thinking of Michelle Kane's CONFESSIONS OF A CATHOLIC SCHOOLGIRL. Feeling like you are one in the same family is Dessen's appeal. Read this book and feel not-so-alone.Confessions of a Catholic Schoolgirl
Lock and Key June 18, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ive read every one of Sarah Dessen's books and loved them all. There is just something about them that gets me so interested. When I herd that she was coming out with Lock and Key I couldn't wait. The day it came out i went to the store and bought it and ended up finishing it the next day. I was a little disappointed. I just couldn't find myself getting as into the book as I had her others. Maybe I had expected too much, I'm not really sure. I still liked it but it definetly wasn't my favorite.
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