num_pages: 272
description: My name is Ruby. This book is about me.It tells the deeply hideous storyof what happens when my mother diesand I'm dragged three thousand miles awayfrom my gorgeous boyfriend, Ray,to live in L.A. with my father,who I've never even metbecause he's such a scumbag that hedivorced my mom before I was born.The only way I've ever even "seen" himis in the movies,since he's this megafamous actorwho's been way too busytrying to win Oscarsto even visit me once in fifteen years.Everyone loves my father.Everyone but me.
language: English
title: One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
titlecomplete: One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
characters: Ruby
genres: Realistic Fiction, Chick Lit, Death, Young Adult, Poetry, High School, Teen, Family, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 8078
places: Los Angeles, California
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rhode Island Teen Book Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Iowa Teen Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Gateway Readers Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers