cover image RUBY ELECTRIC

RUBY ELECTRIC

Theresa Nelson, . . S&S/Aladdin, $5.99 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-689-87146-7

Ruby, a 12-year-old aspiring screenwriter, uses her skills to fabricate heroic scenarios of what happened to her absent father, and also imagines the Los Angeles River restored to its original glory. PW wrote in a starred review, "The threads of the tale twine together in surprising and inventive ways." Ages 10-12. (Dec.)