Beale, Fleur.

End of the alphabet / The end of the alphabet Fleur Beale. - Auckland [N.Z.] : Random House, 2009. - 255 pages

Novel for young adults.

Ruby Yarrow is 14 and she's a good girl who helps out alot around the house with cooking and looking after the little ones. Ruby's best friend Tia tells her to stop being a doormat which gets Ruby thinking. How do you stop being a doormat and start standing up for yourself? Ruby can't even get her own bedroom, so why does she think she could get accepted for a school trip to Brazil? But Tia has made her start thinking and things will never be the same again for Ruby or her family. Suggested level: secondary.

New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards 2010 Finalist.

9781869790707


Families--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Self-esteem--Fiction.
Young adult fiction, New Zealand
Learning disabilities--Juvenile fiction.