by Sarah Dessen · Speak · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780142414729
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«Lock and Key» is the young adult novel by Sarah Dessen, published by Speak in paperback (448 pages, in English).
Ruby has grown used to fending for herself since her mother disappears, until she is sent to live with her sister Cora and Cora's husband Jamie in an elegant house with a private school and a promising future. Even so, Ruby is wary; her neighbor Nate, who hides his own secrets, will help her consider whether trust is worth it.
Aimed at readers aged 12 to 17; in 2011 it was nominated for the Iowa High School Book Award and the Gateway Readers Award.
For young readers looking for realistic novels about family, independence and the difficulty of trusting others.
Sarah Dessen is an American novelist known for her contributions to young adult fiction. Her first book, That Summer, was published in 1996, and has since published more than a dozen other novels and novellas. In 2017, Dessen won the Margaret Edwards Award for some of her work, and two of her books were adapted into the 2003 film How to Deal.
