Lois Ruby

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  • Bibliography:
    16 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    August 1983
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

Dana

1 - Steal Away Home (Sep-1994)
2 - Soon Be Free (Jan-2002)

Multi-Author Series List

My Side of the Story

Journey to Jamestown ()

Book List in Order: 16 titles

  • Two Truths in My Pockt

  • This Old Man

    A spunky young girl forms an unlikely friendship with a dying Chinese man while living in a group home For Greta, having light and carefree Hackey hanging around her mom is a lot more fun than having an ordinary dad. But Hackey isn’t her father -- ...

  • Pig-Out Inn

    In a new town, Dovi’s family befriends a young boy who was abandoned at their restaurant Dovi Chandler collects yearbooks. She has them from all over the country: mementos of every time her parents uprooted her to a new town, and a new crackpot bus...

  • Steal Away Home

    Dana - 1

    A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET! When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her family's old house, she's unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden room -- containing a human skeleton! How did such a thing get there? ...

  • Soon Be Free

    Dana - 2

    "Why do weird things always happen to me?" Dana thought she had solved all the historical mysteries in her parents' house in Lawrence, Kansas. But now that her parents have turned the house into a bed-and-breakfast, Dana isn't so sure. Their firs...

  • Shanghai Shadows

    A young girl fleeing Hitler takes refuge in Shanghai, where she learns that she must fight to survive Throughout tomboy Ilse’s childhood, her mother has tried to force her to behave like a proper Austrian lady. But when Hitler annexes their country...

  • The Secret of Laurel Oaks

    A haunting historical mystery based on real life events, told in the alternating points of view of a contemporary girl and a 19th century slave accused of a horrible crime. When Lila and her family visit Laurel Oaks Plantation in Louisiana, her pare...

  • Rebel Spirits

    Haunted by history. Bound by mystery. Lori Chase doesn't know what to think about ghosts. She may have seen a few in the past, but those were just childish imaginings . . . right? Only now that she is living in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, spirits se...

  • The Doll Graveyard

    This graveyard hides buried dolls...and buried secrets! The house at Cinder Creek hides many secrets. Shelby and Brian Tate have heard heated voices crying out in the night. They've noticed the unsettling way things move around on their own. But t...



  • Miriam's Well

    A terminally ill teenager is forced to choose between her religion and her life Adam doesn’t think much of it when Miriam faints in class. She’s an oddball, a student who hardly talks, never makes eye contact, and wears clothes that seem straight...

  • Skin Deep

    An angry teenager is sucked into a gang of neo-Nazis Dan shows up on his first day at a new school with long blond hair, John Lennon glasses, and a shy grin that makes every girl in the hallway swoon. But he only has eyes for Laurel, who’s in his E...

  • The Secret Grave

    Nightshade can be deadly. Hannah and Scooter's sprawling, ramshackle house is named for the lethal plant that grows in the dark woods behind it. Hannah knows she's not supposed to explore the forest or nearby Moonlight Lake. But she's feeling lone...

  • Red Menace

    A suspenseful and heartfelt story about an era whose uncertainties, controversies, and dangers will seem anything but distant to contemporary readers. If thirteen-year-old Marty Rafner had his way, he'd spend the summer of 1953 warming the bench for ...

  • Eddie Whatever

    "Comic, creepy, calamitous, and . . . completely satisfying." -- Claudia Mills, author of The Lost Language and Zero ToleranceWith his bar mitzvah on the horizon, thirteen-year-old Eddie needs to do a community service project, and he needs to start ...

  • Gallows Hill

    Salem, Massachusetts - 1692Thomas is marked as an outcast the moment he steps off the ship from England. As a Quaker, he’s outnumbered and distrusted by Salem’s Puritans. And as an orphan without any useful skills, he has nowhere to live and no w...

  • Journey to Jamestown

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    My Side of the Story

    Apprenticed to a barber-surgeon, Elias sets sail for a new life in the Jamestown Colony where he discovers that he has a knack for healing. He meets Sacahocan, a Pamunkee Indian girl who is training to be a medicine woman and dream reader. Though ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lois Ruby has published 16 books.

Lois Ruby does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Gallows Hill, was published in September 2023.

The first book by Lois Ruby, Two Truths in My Pockt, was published in August 1983.

Yes. Lois Ruby has 1 series.
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