· Sarah Dessen is the author of thirteen novels, which include the New York Times bestsellers The Moon and More, What Happened to Goodbye, Along for the Ride, Lock and Key, Just Listen, The Truth About Forever, and This Lullaby. Her first two books, That Summer and Someone Like You, were made into the movie How to www.doorway.ru: Sarah Dessen. · Lock and Key is about a seventeen year old girl named Ruby. Ruby's had a tough childhood: from her father and sister abandoning her at a young age (so she thinks) to her mother abandoning her at seventeen she's never really been settled in one place.4/5(K). Lock and Key is a touching story of moving on but hanging on, accepting love and giving love, told in the quick-paced, flowing style that is a hallmark of Sarah Dessen. —South Florida .
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen. First Lines: "And finally," Jamie said as he pushed the door open, "we come to the main event. Your room." Ruby has a hard family life. After her mom abandons her, Ruby is sent to live with her older sister, Cora, who she hasn't seen in ten years, and her husband, Jamie, in their expensive house. lock and key by sarah dessen. Lock and Key narrated by Ruby, a seventeen year old girl who has been living with her mom, on the verge of poverty, until she comes home one day from school to find her mom is gone. Her mom is a bit of an alcoholic and pretty unpredictable, so Ruby isn't terribly sad. Confession: even though Dessen's novels are generally cheesy and melodramatic, I could not resist picking up Lock and Key. The blurb made it sound good; unfortunately, it is not. This is the story of year-old Ruby Cooper. Her mother recently abandoned her, and she's been living in squalor for the past few months.
Lock and Key is a young adult novel by American author Sarah Dessen. Her other works include her debut That Summer and New York Times best-seller Along for the Ride. She is a repeat winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for novels. Dessen frequently explores themes like changing personalities, emotional unavailability, and isolation. 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. Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen CHAPTER ONE “And finally,” Jamie said as he pushed the door open, “we come to the main event. Your room.” I was braced for pink. Ruffles or quilting, or maybe even appliqué. Which was probably kind of unfair, but then again, I didn’t know my sister anymore, much less her decorating style.
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