Ruined

Morris, Paula. (2009). Ruined. New York: Point/Scholastic. Rebecca Brown loves living in New York City, and when her father insists that she live in New Orleans with an acquaintance of his while he's working in China, she is understandably upset. Still, she figures it will only be for a few months. She is enrolled in a private school with a social pecking order that leaves newcomers and outsiders to the New Orleans power scene at the botton. Hardly anyone is willing to be friendly to her, and she is alone.

Favorite Lines:

“Her aunt was bedraggled as a patchwork rag doll by the time they found cover in the garage” (p. 10).

“Anton and the others were approaching, swarming up the steps and around the tomb like invading cockroaches” (p. 73).