Melissa's review first appeared on 89.1 KMUW. There must be something in the water in Wichita (though not fluoride) as the burgeoning talent of middle grade book authors is rooting up in impressive numbers! Full of humor and heart, Jeffrey Ruby is on solid ground in his nascent career as a writer. Rebel Spirits (Point, 2013) Strike Mother Jones and The Colorado Coal Field Wars (Filter Press. That is, she was a Young Adult librarian for the Dallas Public Library, and after reading a thousand or so books in her department, she decided she could write the stories herself. Penelope and her brother, Miles, are suddenly on a fantastical adventure beyond anything she could have imagined. Lois Ruby is the author of fifteen books for middle-graders and teens, including STEAL AWAY HOME, SKIN DEEP, and THE SECRET OF LAUREL OAKS. Lois Ruby sneaked in the back door as a writer for young people. Sometimes answers to problems come from unlikely places, and the town eccentric seems to know what to do. But Glacier Cove has a big problem: the glacier beneath it is melting. When Penelope's mother disappeared, she left Penelope with her father and younger brother to eke out a living in their tiny town of Glacier Cove. In Jeffrey's debut novel, called Penelope March is Melting, family and friendship also play a significant role. Lois Ruby delivers a solid, suspenseful, creepy story of friendship and family. When mysterious things start happening around Hannah’s house and she discovers a 100-year-old grave, Hannah awakens to the fact that something very scary is going on. Cady, possessive and weird, eventually insists on testing Hannah’s loyalty. There she meets the malevolent Cady, with whom she strikes up an instant friendship. Behind their ramshackle and rickety historic home she finds refuge in a forest.
In Lois’s book, The Secret Grave, Hannah seeks solace from her large family. Each has a new book targeted to middle grade readers. Former Wichitans, Lois and Jeffrey Ruby-mother and son-show us that writing is in their blood.
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