Relativity
If Ruby Wright could have her way, her dad would never have met and married her stepmother Willow, her best friend George would be more than a friend, and her mom would still be alive. Ruby knows wishes can't come true; some things just can't be undone. Then she discovers a tree in the middle of...
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If Ruby Wright could have her way, her dad would never have met and married her stepmother Willow, her best friend George would be more than a friend, and her mom would still be alive. Ruby knows wishes can't come true; some things just can't be undone. Then she discovers a tree in the middle of an Ohio cornfield with a wormhole to nine alternative realities. Suddenly, Ruby can access completely different realities, each containing variations of her life—if things had gone differently at key moments. The windshield wiper missing her mother’s throat…her big brother surviving his ill-fated birth…her father never having met Willow. Her ideal world—one with everything and everyone she wants most—could be within reach. But is there such a thing as a perfect world? What is Ruby willing to give up to find out?
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780802734686 (0802734685)
Publish date: September 10th 2013
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
The blurb and the cover were 2 things that pulled me into reading this book, sadly it wasn't really meant to be.Why? Well let's see, Ruby, she was one of the biggest reasons why I didn't particularly like this book. I felt like I was reading a book about a science computer. Constantly she is sprouti...
"I wish, I wish, I hadn't killed that fish." No, that's not a quote from this story. That is a quote immemorial from one of my favorite The Simpsons specials, Time and Punishment. The gist of that episode is that Homer fried a toaster while trying to fix it (naturally the way to fix a toaster is by...
I like the idea that there are other alternate realities out there, and in that respect this book is a win. Can you imagine being able to scroll through other (maybe better) versions of your life? To be able to see the What If factor first hand? Very cool.Ruby is dissatisfied with her life. Her mot...