Pearl In The Mist. (Accelerated Reader).

A YOUNG GIRL GROWING UP ON THE LOUISIANA BAYOU DISCOVERS SHE HAS ANOTHER FAMILY. EVEN AFTER LIVING THERE FOR A YEAR 16 YEAR OLD RUBY DUMAS STILL WONDERS AT THE SPLENDOR OF HER FATHERS NEW ORLEANS MANSION AND REJOICES IN THE WARMTH OF HIS LOVE. BUT TRUE HAPPINESS ELUDES HER, FOR RUBY MUST CAREFULLY AVOID A VENOMOUS ENEMY; HER STEPMOTHER WHO CRINGES AND SNEERS AT RUBYS BACKWATER UPBRINGING. AND RUBYS EVERY EFFORT TO BEFRIEND HER CRIPPLED TWIN SISTER, GISSELLE, IS ANSWERED WITH BITTERNESS. BEING SENT OFF TO IDYLLIC GREENWOOD, THE EXCLUSIVE GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOL, SEEMS TO PROMISE SOME PEACE. BUT RUBYS KIND ISNT WELCOME AT GREENWOOD, AND THE LEGENDARILY STRICT HEADMISTRESS, MRS. IRONWOOD, PLOTS WITH RUBYS STEPMOTHER TO MAKE HER LIFE MISERABLE. STILL RUBY NEVER LOSES HOPE UNTIL A TRAGEDY LEAVES HER ALONE IN A WORLD THAT NEVER REALLY WANTED HER.

Categories: Young Adult (YA)