Awards

• Mark Twain Readers Award Nominee
• South Carolina Book Award Nominee

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Reviews

"""[A] winning and unexpected combination of mystery, intrigue, and social commentary, interlaced with wisecracks and school woes.""--School Library Journal -- (11/1/2021 12:00:00 AM) ""Ruby does a fantastic job developing characters, giving them life and voice, so that they lift off the page. The mystery is well-plotted, layered and keeps readers guessing."" --Children's Literature -- (6/25/2022 12:00:00 AM) ""Short chapters and snappy first-person narration give this wide appeal. . .An enjoyable intergenerational story.""--Kirkus Reviews -- (10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM)"

"""[A] winning and unexpected combination of mystery, intrigue, and social commentary, interlaced with wisecracks and school woes.""—School Library Journal ""Short chapters and snappy first-person narration give this wide appeal. . .An enjoyable intergenerational story.""—Kirkus Reviews ""Ruby does a fantastic job developing characters, giving them life and voice, so that they lift off the page. The mystery is well-plotted, layered and keeps readers guessing."" —Children's Literature"

""Ruby does a fantastic job developing characters, giving them life and voice, so that they lift off the page. The mystery is well-plotted, layered and keeps readers guessing."" —Children's Literature ""[A] winning and unexpected combination of mystery, intrigue, and social commentary, interlaced with wisecracks and school woes.""—School Library Journal ""Short chapters and snappy first-person narration give this wide appeal. . .An enjoyable intergenerational story.""—Kirkus Reviews

Author Information

Lois Ruby is a former librarian and the author of twenty-two books for young readers. She divides her time among family, community social action, research, writing, and visiting schools to energize young people about the ideas in books and the joys of reading. Lois lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, and shares her life with her psychologist husband, Dr. Tom Ruby, as well as their three sons and daughters-in-law and seven amazing grandchildren, who are scattered around the country.

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