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RUBY

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4 out of 5
Based on 33 Ratings and 13 Reviews

Book Description
Ruby Cathy -- Eighteen and desperately lonely, she has adjusted from a life in the sun and blue seas of the West Indies to the mean, crowded streets of Harlem. Her mother is dead, and her father is obsessed with the American passion to succeed. Ruby makes the painful transition from girl to woman when she meets the beautiful and bitter Daphne.



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Book Information
PublisherLaurel-Leaf Books
BindingMass Market Paperback (14 editions)
Reading LevelYoung Adults
# of Pages186
ISBN-100440211301
ISBN-13978-0440211303
Publication Date01/01/1992
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About Rosa Guy (Author) : Rosa Guy is a published author and a translator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Rosa Guy include New Guys Around The Block, Ruby, The Friends, and Disappear... more
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