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Ruby Red
Linzi Glass
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Description for Ruby Red
Paperback. In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. Ruby can't resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the rush of first love, but whose presence also brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 204.
In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface.
Ruby can’t resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the exciting rush of first love, but whose presence brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances. She might not see race, colour or creed – but it seems everybody else does . . .
This dazzling novel will entrance teenage and adult readers alike.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Random House Children´s UK
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141320939
SKU
V9780141320939
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Linzi Glass
Linzi Glass was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved to the United States as a young adult. She has published articles, and has written plays, screenplays, short stories and two novels – The Year the Gypsies Came and Ruby Red. She lives in Los Angeles with her teenage daughter, Jordan.
Reviews for Ruby Red
Praise for The Year the Gypsies Came: 'Wonderful . . . This is a new book with an old and wise heart. It may very well have the makings of a classic' – Guardian 'Beautifully, powerfully and compellingly written . . . extraordinarily moving' – Sunday Times 'This outstanding first novel arcs beautifully to its terrible climax ... Read more