One of those hideous books where the mother dies

Description:

Written in free-verse poems, this novel follows fifteen-year-old Ruby as she moves from Boston to La after her mother dies to live with her famous movie star father, whom she has never met and is determined to dislike.

subjects: Juvenile fiction,  Fiction,  Fathers and daughters,  Interpersonal relations,  Grief,  Homosexuality,  Household Moving,  Actors and actresses,  Moving, Household,  Father-daughter relationship,  Moving,  Actors,  Friendship,  Reading Level-Grade 9,  Reading Level-Grade 11,  Reading Level-Grade 10,  Reading Level-Grade 12,  Children's fiction,  Fathers and daughters, fiction,  Moving, household, fiction,  Actors and actresses, fiction,  Grief, fiction,  Interpersonal relations, fiction,  Homosexuality, fiction,  Los angeles (calif.), fiction

Places: Los Angeles (Calif.)