Ruby in the Sky is a story of the walls we hide behind, and the magic thatĬan happen when we’re brave enough to break free. Before long, Ahmad andĪbigail have become Ruby’s friends-and she realizes there is more to their stories than everyone knows.Īs ugly rumors begin to swirl around the people Ruby loves, she must make a choice: break her silence, or risk losing everything that’s come to mean so much to her. Or when she meets “the Bird Lady,” a recluse named Abigail who lives in a ramshackle shed near Ruby’s house. She and her mother won’t be staying long in Vermont anyway, and then things can go back to the wayīut keeping to herself isn’t easy when Ahmad Saleem, a Syrian refugee, decides he’s her new best friend. Ruby just wants tostay as silent and invisible as a new moon in the frozen sky. She does not want them to know her mother has been arrested.Īnd she definitely does not want to make any friends. But keeping to herself isnt easy when Ahmad Saleem, a Syrian refugee, decides hes her new best friend. The ice-covered snow sparkled in the afternoon sun. The frozen air pinched any skin I’d left exposed. The sky had cleared but the temperature had dropped. Ruby in the Sky, page 5 Select Voice: Brian (uk) Emma (uk) Amy (uk) Eric (us) Ivy (us). She and her mother wont be staying long in Vermont anyway, and then things can go back to the way they were before everything went wrong. No Naked Ads -> Here Ruby in the sky, p.5. Twelve-year-old Ruby Moon Hayes does not want her new classmates to ask about her father. Ruby just wants tostay as silent and invisible as a new moon in the frozen sky. Courage can be found when you simply stand up
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