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Lock and key / by Sarah Dessen.

Dessen, Sarah. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780142414729
  • ISBN: 0142414727
  • Physical Description: 422, 15 pages ; 22 cm

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:
840L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 5.3 17 121303.
Awards Note:
A Junior Library Guild selection
Subject: Abandoned children > Juvenile fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Child abuse > Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Juvenile fiction.
Abandoned children > Juvenile fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) > Juvenile fiction.
Families > Juvenile fiction.
Child abuse > Juvenile fiction.
Emotional problems > Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Young adult fiction.

Available copies

  • 44 of 45 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Cass County.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 45 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Cass County Library-Archie YA DES (Text) 0002203496415 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Cass County Library-Harrisonville YA DES 2009 (Text) 0002205534676 Young Adult Fiction Available -

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Lock and Key
Lock and Key
by Dessen, Sarah
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Lock and Key


From the award-winning and New York Times bestseller Once and for All Unlock your heart and the rest will follow. Ruby is used to taking care of herself. But now that she's living with her sister, she's got her own room, she's going to a good school, and her future looks bright. Plus there's the adorable boy next door. Can Ruby learn to open her heart and let him in? "All the Dessen trademarks here" -- Publishers Weekly , starred review Sarah Dessen is the winner of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for her contributions to YA literature, as well as the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Books by Sarah Dessen: That Summer Someone Like You Keeping the Moon Dreamland This Lullaby The Truth About Forever Just Listen Lock and Key Along for the Ride What Happened to Goodbye The Moon and More Saint Anything Once and for All

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