Fantasy #3 - Bone Gap
Author: Laura Ruby
Credit: Laura Ruby
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ruby, Laura. Bone Gap. New York, NY: Balzer Bray, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2015. ISBN 9780062317629.
PLOT SUMMARY
Laura Ruby brings together a mystery, a story about a small mid-western town called Bone Gap and it's citizens. Roza is kidnapped and there was a witness but he is unable to help, thus sets off a story about love and loss, regret, and the ultimate forgiveness. Will Roza be found in time?
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
Ruby writes an amazing fantasy novel about a small mid-western town called Bone Gap where everyone knows each others business. The perspective of the novel switches between characters; Roza and her horrible fate with her kidnapper, Finn and his desperate need to find Roza, and Petey the girl Finn is falling in love with and has formed a connection with bees may or may not be magical. For example, Ruby does an amazing job writing from the perspective of the kidnapper and her fate and at one point she describes his fingers touching her flesh and how his icy eyes buried with a strange fire. You can feel his desire for her and Roza's desperate need to escape. The theme of the story is beauty or understanding who you are. Roza is kidnapped for her beauty, Petey is the "ugly" girl in town, and Finn is very dreamy and thus not able to recognize the face of Roza's kidnapper and is criticized for that.
AWARDS AND REVIEWS
* National Book Awards Winner - 2015
* Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year Winner - 2015
* Michael L. Printz Award Winner - 2016
* Sequoyah Book Award Nominee -2017
* ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Top Ten - 2015
* ALA Booklist Editor's Choice - 2015
* "Ruby raises incisive questions about feminine beauty, identity, and power in a story full of subtle magic that is not compelled to provide concrete explanations. A haunting and inventive work that subverts expectations at every turn." - Publishers Weekly
* Told from the viewpoints of multiple Bone Gap citizens, this inventive modern fable whimsically combines elements of folklore, mythology, romance, and feminism."
- Kirkus Review
CONNECTIONS
Activities To Use With This Book:
* Follow up with the author at the following link: http://www.lauraruby.com/news.php (copy and paste link).
Book Connections:
* Bad Apple - ISBN 0061243302
* Lily's Ghosts - ISBN 9780060518318
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