A Little Friendly Advice
Siobhan Vivian's sparkling YA debut... now in paperback!Ruby's turning sixteen . . . but the day doesn't turn out to be as sweet as it's supposed to be. Her long-lost father shows up, and Ruby doesn't want to have anything to do with him. Instead, she wants to hang out with her friends--loyal...
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Siobhan Vivian's sparkling YA debut... now in paperback!Ruby's turning sixteen . . . but the day doesn't turn out to be as sweet as it's supposed to be. Her long-lost father shows up, and Ruby doesn't want to have anything to do with him. Instead, she wants to hang out with her friends--loyal Beth, dangerous Katherine, and gossipy Maria. They have plenty of advice for her--about boys, about her dad, about how she should look and what she should be feeling. But really, Ruby doesn't know what to think or feel. Especially when a new boy comes into the picture . . . and Ruby discovers some of her friends aren't as truthful as they say.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780545004053 (0545004055)
Publish date: March 1st 2009
Publisher: Push
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
This book is about a girl named Ruby who has to deal with a changing dynamic among her group of friends, her fathers reappearance (during her 16th birthday party) after a 6 year absence, and her first love.. all in one week. All of this forces her to deal with her problems and take control (and resp...
Vivian trusts her readers. It's refreshing to read a teen novel about a group of friends that doesn't shove their "types" in your face from page 1 and rely on them for characterization. No, she writes characters. This is a nuanced story about how weirdly frustrating friends can be and how stuff f...
In this realistic YA book, boys takes a backseat to friendship. The whole story centers around the friendship Ruby has with her parents as well as each of her friends. Each relationship is imperfect and real. The characters are three dimensional and the problems are ones teens can relate to. Siobhan...