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A haunting and inventive work that subverts expectations at every turn.

He only appears spacey because he has face blindness, which causes him to interpret information in different ways than others.

Instead, he is afraid that others will leave him. Roza, from Poland, had been studying in Chicago when one of her. The people of Bone Gap assume his personality is also similar to his mother, even though Finn isn’t flighty like her. Ruby raises incisive questions about feminine beauty, identity, and power (Finn's new girlfriend, Petey, is marginalized for not being pretty, while Roza is harassed and abused by men who desire her) in a story full of subtle magic that is not compelled to provide concrete explanations. The boys world was upended when they found a beautiful, injured young woman in their barn. Through a complex interweaving of chapters, mostly told from Finn and Roza's points of view, Ruby (Bad Apple) slowly reveals that what actually happened to the beautiful Polish immigrant is more complicated than Finn even knew, and that his own disability, which only becomes clear to readers late in the novel, will make it difficult for him to find her. However, his vague description of the man who took her leaves just about everyone in the small town of Bone Gap%E2%80%94including his older brother, Sean, who is in love with Roza%E2%80%94without much faith in his story. Summary: National Book Award Finalist Printz Award Winner for Best Young Adult Book of the Year Rubys novel deserves to be read.

As we follow the stories of Finn, Roza, and the people of Bone Gap, acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a tale of the ways in which the face the world sees is never the sum of who we are. In a story that blends realism with dreamlike imagery and echoes of myth, Finn is the only witness to the kidnapping of 19-year-old Roza. Bone Gap is a coming-of-age mystery about a kidnapping in a small Midwestern town, and it incorporates elements of mythology and magical realism. So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap werent surprised.