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By: Micol Ostow,
on 5/10/2011
Congrats to Debbie Duncan, in Palo Alto, for her amazing Rock the Drop efforts!
Debbie has been selected as the winner of a set of E. Lockhart's Ruby Oliver books, which we'll send out shortly. Debbie, you should be hearing from our team directly soon.
Click the above link to see Debbie's ultimate rock-out, and thanks again to everyone who made Rock the Drop a success!
By: Melissa Walker,
on 4/13/2011
This week's theme is Self-respect. In Monday's guest post, featured author E. Lockhart wrote:
By: Melissa Walker,
on 4/12/2011
By: Kate,
on 2/16/2011
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers (3/22/2005)
Kindle Edition: 240 Pages
Genre: YA Contemporary
Series: Ruby Oliver #1
From Goodreads. Ruby Oliver is 15 and has a shrink. She knows it's unusual, but give her a break—she's had a rough 10 days. In the past 10 days she:
* lost her boyfriend (#13 on the list)
* lost her best friend (Kim)
* lost all her other friends (Nora, Cricket)
* did something suspicious with a boy (#10)
* did something advanced with a boy (#15)
* had an argument with a boy (#14)
* drank her first beer (someone handed it to her)
* got caught by her mom (ag!)
* had a panic attack (scary)
* lost a lacrosse game (she's the goalie)
* failed a math test (she'll make it up)
* hurt Meghan's feelings (even though they aren't really friends)
* became a social outcast (no one to sit with at lunch)
* and had graffiti written about her in the girls' bathroom (who knows what was in the boys'!?!).
But don't worry—Ruby lives to tell the tale. And make more lists.
From Goodreads. Here is how things stand at the beginning of newly-licensed driver Ruby Oliver's junior year at Tate Prep:
* Kim: Not speaking. But far away in Tokyo.
* Cricket: Not speaking.
* Nora: Speaking—sort of. Chatted a couple times this summer when * they bumped into each other outside of school—once shopping in the U District, and once in the Elliot Bay Bookstore. But she hadn't called Ruby, or anything.
* Noel: Didn't care what anyone thinks.
* Meghan: Didn't have any other friends.
* Dr. Z: Speaking.
* And Jackson. The big one. Not speaking.
But, by Winter Break, a new job, an unlikely but satisfying friend combo, additional entries to The Boy Book and many difficult decisions help Ruby to see that there is, indeed, life outside the Tate Universe.
From Goodreads. Ruby is back at Tate Prep, and it’s her thirty-seventh week in the state of Noboyfriend. Her panic attacks are bad, her love life is even worse, and what’s more: Noel is writing her notes, Jackson is giving her frogs, Gideon is helping her cook, and Finn is making her brownies. Rumors are flying, and Ruby’s already-sucky reputation is heading downhill. Not only that, she’s also: running a bake sale, learning0 Comments on Series Review: Ruby Oliver (E. Lockhart) as of 1/1/1900Add a Comment
