Ruby red
By: Linzi Glass
Contributors: Juvenile Collection
Publisher: Penguin; Penguin Books Ltd (UK); Puffin Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9780141382807; 9780141382814
Subjects: First loves; Fiction; Afrikaners; Social life and customs; Race relations; Manners and customs
Description: In Ruby Winters' world, colour opens some doors and slams others shut. Her opulent Johannesburg neighbourhood is a far cry from the streets of Soweto where anger and hatred simmer under the surface. Ruby can?t resist the blue-eyed Afrikaans boy who brings her the exciting rush of first love, but whose presence brings hushed whispers and disapproving glances. She might not see race, colour or creed? but it seems everybody else does. For Ruby, making some choices means letting others go, and as the darkness begins to descend, she must find a way to follow a brighter path.