Lock and key

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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.

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Lock & Key submitted by pandangel12 on June 21, 2011, 9:25am A moving book on a girl who's mom ran off and is now living with her sister and her husband. She isn't use to the kindness and privelidges she has. She befriends her neighbor and gets a good job. She gets use to interacting with other people and really grows in the story. Another one of Sarah Dessen's miracles.

Good submitted by LuckyDuck on July 12, 2011, 2:21pm Very touching story

really good submitted by ColeenT on July 15, 2011, 12:22pm I loved it

Good submitted by alumeng.ajl on June 16, 2012, 6:58pm I liked some of her other books more, but this one was good.

Abandoned submitted by Smileyfrowns on June 21, 2012, 4:10pm A heart touching book about a 17 year old named Ruby, who's alcoholic mother leaves her months before her 18th birthday. Ruby contently lives on her own, before her nose landlords rat her out. She is then forced to move in with her sister, Cora, and her husband. Her life is unusually happy, and she finds a wonderful romance.

okay submitted by harajuku528 on June 24, 2013, 1:16pm Not her best book, but better than most.

Good!! submitted by unknown on July 12, 2014, 6:23pm I enjoyed this book although some parts were very predictable. There were some things that happened that I never would have expected, as well. It isn't the perfect fairy tale ending but I think it is still a good ending and it leaves you wondering about the future of everyone. I think that the main character changes A LOT through the course of this story. At the start she is this girl who doesn't want help from anyone and in a way doesn't really care about much. By the end she is this girl who has helped a ton of people and is going off to college with good grades. The main topic of the story is her necklace which is a metaphor for so many things.