Finding Ruby Starling, Karen Rivers
Finding Ruby Starling, Karen Rivers
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Finding Ruby Starling

Author: Karen Rivers

Narrator: Nora Hunter, Liam Aiken, Charlotte Cole

Unabridged: 6 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2014

Categories: Children's Fiction


Synopsis

The Parent Trap comes to the digital age in this delightful new novel by the author of The Encyclopedia of Me.When Ruth Quayle used a special app to search for pictures of herself online, she found dozens of images of "Ruth Quayle" -- and one of "Ruby Starling."When Ruby Starling gets a message from a Ruth Quayle proclaiming them to be long-lost twin sisters, she doesn't know what to do with it -- until another message arrives the day after, and another one. It could be a crazy stalker ... but she and this Ruth do share a birthday, and a very distinctive ear....Ruth is an extroverted American girl. Ruby is a shy English one. As they investigate the truth of their birth and the circumstances of their separation, they also share lives full of friends, family, and possible romances -- and they realize they each may be the sister the other never knew she needed.Written entirely in e-mails, letters, Tumblr entries, and movie scripts, Finding Ruby Starling is the funny and poignant companion to Karen Rivers's The Encyclopedia of Me.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Julia

Goosebumps, goosebumps everywhere! Thank you, NetGalley and Scholastic, for this free book to review! Wow.... I'm impressed. Karen Rivers turned a cliche into a fun and sometimes chilling read. How could someone keep one twin but abandon the other? What I liked: 1. The girls' voices. They each has a dis......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

;">Things I Loved About This Book: Review copy provided by the publisher in exchange for honest review. This does not affect my opinion or review. It is written entirely in Tumblr entries, emails and movie scripts.How interesting is that? I don't think many people could have pulled that off,......more

Goodreads review by Katie

The writing just didn't click with me. Part of that is just whatever weird brain alchemy makes book-clicking (not) happen, but also do kids really email each other these days??? Do they talk like this??? I didn't really buy it. And maybe they do! I don't have kids and I am rarely around them. But it......more


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Praise for The Encyclopedia of Me:



"Rivers has created a warm, funny, fast-paced story about an endearing middle schooler who keeps her cool and sense of humor when events spin out of control." -- School Library Journal, starred review



"Cleverly woven through the titular encyclopedia . . . is the touchingly real and often humorous story of a preteen's struggles with family, friendship and first love." -- Kirkus Reviews



"Tink's first-person narrative is vibrant and exuberantly opinionated, whether she is describing life with her hairless cat or pondering the meaning of her first kiss." -- Publishers Weekly