One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies  
Author(s) Sonya Sones
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Young-adult fiction
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date 2004
Media type Print Hardcover, Paperback
Pages 272pp
ISBN 1416907882

One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies (2004) is a novel in verse by Sonya Sones. It is a young adult novel that tells the story of Ruby Milliken who is forced to go live with her famous movie star father, Whip Logan, in Los Angeles when her mother dies. Ruby is taken away from her aunt, her best friend, her boyfriend and Boston, all of which she loves, and is forced to cope in the fake and artificial world of Hollywood. The novel is told mostly in blank verse with periodic interruptions of emails and letters Ruby exchanges with her friends.

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