Gier, Kerstein. Ruby
Red (Ruby Red Trilogy).
Henry
Holt/macmillan children's pub group 2011 330p 16.99 978-0-8050-9252-3
ms/hs Science fiction E-BN
Gwen is a 16
year old who discovers she belongs to a family with peculiar
abilities. The story shares her trial, close escapes, and
feelings as she learns
to navigate through time in historic London.
This is a good read for those who love the unexpected in a novel.
Gwen came from an
eccentric family who lived in an exclusive London neighborhood.
It was a family with
a rather unusual ability to time travel.
But the time traveling gene
apparently came to only
certain members in a family. Gwen much to the
disappointment of her mother and
grandmother did not inherit this talent. Therefore she
got to pal around with
her best friend Lesley and live a normal life. The family
however focused on her
cousin Charlotte, who supposedly had the gene. They spent
time preparing her for
what to expect and other salient bits of information.
Readers can
only imagine how unprepared the family was when it was suddenly
Gwen developed the abilities to travel through time. The
delicate balance of
family harmony is toppled and Charlotte is not happy
about her lack of good
fortune.
Readers will
enjoy the complexities of the story and enjoy the discoveries
and experiences of Gwen and her companion in time travel.
A good
read. McNeil,
Linda
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