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“lois ruby”

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  • Eddie Whatever

    by Lois Ruby ...
    "Comic, creepy, calamitous, and . . . completely satisfying."—Claudia Mills, author of The Lost Language and Zero ToleranceWith his bar mitzvah on the horizon, thirteen-year-old Eddie needs to do a community service project, and he needs to start yesterday. Against his better judgment, he ends up with a volunteering gig at Silver Brook Pavilion retirement home, where the elderly residents call him ... Read more

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  • Gallows Hill

    by Lois Ruby ...
    Salem, Massachusetts - 1692Thomas is marked as an outcast the moment he steps off the ship from England. As a Quaker, he's outnumbered and distrusted by Salem's Puritans. And as an orphan without any useful skills, he has nowhere to live and no way to earn his keep. In a stroke of luck—perhaps good, perhaps not—he's taken in by the aged widow Prudence Blevins, who's rumored to be a witch.Patience ... Read more

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  • Red Menace

    by Lois Ruby ...
    A suspenseful and heartfelt story about an era whose uncertainties, controversies, and dangers will seem anything but distant to contemporary readers.If thirteen-year-old Marty Rafner had his way, he'd spend the summer of 1953 warming the bench for his baseball team, listening to Yankees games on the radio, and avoiding preparations for his bar mitzvah. Instead, he has to deal with FBI agents ... Read more

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  • Shanghai Shadows

    by Lois Ruby ...
    A young girl fleeing Hitler takes refuge in Shanghai, where she learns that she must fight to surviveThroughout tomboy Ilse's childhood, her mother has tried to force her to behave like a proper Austrian lady. But when Hitler annexes their country, the family flees, boarding a packed freighter and sailing around the world in search of a safe harbor. The United States refuses to take them, so they ... Read more

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  • This Old Man

    by Lois Ruby ...
    A spunky young girl forms an unlikely friendship with a dying Chinese man while living in a group homeFor Greta, having light and carefree Hackey hanging around her mom is a lot more fun than having an ordinary dad. But Hackey isn't her father—he's more like a pimp, and no matter how friendly he is, he still treats Greta's mom like dirt. When the situation at home goes from bad to worse, Greta is ... Read more

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  • Miriam's Well

    by Lois Ruby ...
    A terminally ill teenager is forced to choose between her religion and her lifeAdam doesn't think much of it when Miriam faints in class. She's an oddball, a student who hardly talks, never makes eye contact, and wears clothes that seem straight out of the 19th century. She says she's fine, and he wants to believe her. But when she passes out while they're working on an English assignment, Adam ... Read more

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  • Pig-Out Inn

    by Lois Ruby ...
    In a new town, Dovi's family befriends a young boy who was abandoned at their restaurantDovi Chandler collects yearbooks. She has them from all over the country: mementos of every time her parents uprooted her to a new town, and a new crackpot business venture. They've managed apartment houses, tried to save failing bookstores, even sold Tupperware, but all it's ever gotten them is debt and a new ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Skin Deep

    by Lois Ruby ...
    An angry teenager is sucked into a gang of neo-NazisDan shows up on his first day at a new school with long blond hair, John Lennon glasses, and a shy grin that makes every girl in the hallway swoon. But he only has eyes for Laurel, who's in his English class. Laurel stirs feelings in Dan that he never knew existed, and suddenly, he understands love. Soon, he will understand hate as well.When a ... Read more

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  • Rebel Spirits

    by Lois Ruby ...
    Haunted by history. Bound by mystery. Lori Chase doesn't know what to think about ghosts. She may have seen a few in the past, but those were just childish imaginings . . . right? Only now that she is living in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, spirits seem to be on everyone's mind. The town is obsessed with its bloody Civil War history, and the old inn that Lori's parent run is supposedly haunted by the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Steal Away Home

    by Lois Ruby ...
    When Dana uncovers a skeleton hidden in the wall of her home, she also uncovers a dark secret that stretches back years.When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her family’s old house, she’s unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden room—containing a human skeleton! How did such a thing get there? And why was the tiny room sealed up?With the help of a diary ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Secret Grave (A Hauntings Novel)

    by Lois Ruby ...
    From the author of The Doll Graveyard comes a classic ghost story for fans of Wait Till Helen Comes and The Dollhouse Murders!**Nightshade can be deadly.**Hannah and Scooter's sprawling, ramshackle house is named for the lethal plant that grows in the dark woods behind it. Hannah knows she's not supposed to explore the forest or nearby Moonlight Lake. But she's feeling lonely and desperate for an ... Read more

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  • The Secret of Laurel Oaks

    by Lois Ruby ...
    A haunting historical mystery based on real life events, told in the alternating points of view of a contemporary girl and a 19th century slave accused of a horrible crime.When Lila and her family visit Laurel Oaks Plantation in Louisiana, her parents and brother scoff at the claim that the house is haunted. But secretly, Lila suspects there are ghostly presences willing to communicate with her, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD