Lock and Key

by Sarah Dessen

When I asked my daughters (grades 8 and 10) what everyone is reading, they both said anything by Sarah Dessen. I chose Lock and Key at the public library because it is one of her newer novels and because it is the story of a girl who is dropped unexpectedly into a rich lifestyle, which all the girls seem to love today. Ruby has been abandoned by her mother, father, and sister, until her sister learns she is living alone and comes to save her. Her sister's husband is wealthy, so Ruby suddenly has new clothes and a private school to attend. The problem is she doesn't know where she fits in anymore. A moving novel with well-developed characters.