The Search for Baby Ruby

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shreve, Susan, author.
The search for Baby Ruby / by Susan Shreve. — First edition.
pages cm
Summary: Twelve-year-old Jess O’Fines is resentful that she is expected to watch her baby niece in a Los Angeles hotel room while the rest of her dysfunctional family go off to a wedding rehearsal party — but when Baby Ruby disappears, Jess is convinced she knows who kidnapped her and determined to get her back on her own, whatever the danger.
ISBN 978-0-545-41783-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Kidnapping — Juvenile fiction. 2. Infants — Juvenile fiction. 3. Nieces — Juvenile fiction. 4. Dysfunctional families — Juvenile fiction. 5. Los Angeles (Calif.) — Juvenile fiction. [1. Kidnapping — Fiction. 2. Babies — Fiction. 3. Nieces — Fiction. 4. Family problems — Fiction. 5. Los Angeles (Calif.) — Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.S55915Se 2015
813.54 — dc23
2014033340

First edition, June 2015

e-ISBN 978-0-545-82572-6

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