For Ruby Pepperdine, the centre of everything is on the rooftop of Pepperdine Motors in her donut-obsessed town of Bunning, New Hampshire, stargazing from the circle of her grandmother Gigi’s hug. That’s how everything is supposed to be-until Ruby messes up and things spin out of control.
Can Ruby’s wish set everything straight in her topsy-turvy world? AGES: 9-12 AUTHOR: Linda Urban’s debut novel, ‘A Crooked Kind of Perfect’, was selected for many best books lists and was nominated for twenty state awards. Her novel ‘Hound Dog True’ received four starred reviews and was named a Kirkus Best Book of 2011. Linda was formerly a bookseller. Visit her website at www.lindaurbanbooks.com. REVIEWS: A beautiful, sensitive, thoughtful novel that will make you think and smile and think some more, and fall in love with Linda Urban’s books. - Kathryn Erskine, National Book Award winner