Bone Gap - by Laura Ruby (Paperback)

About the Book

Eighteen-year-old Finn, an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, is the only witness to the abduction of town favorite Roza, but his inability to distinguish between faces makes it difficult for him to help with the investigation, and subjects him to even more ridicule and bullying.

Book Synopsis

National Book Award Finalist * Printz Award Winner for Best Young Adult Book of the Year

"Ruby's novel deserves to be read and reread. It is powerful, beautiful, extraordinary."--School Library Journal

Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps.

So when young, beautiful Roza went missing, the people of Bone Gap weren't surprised. But Finn knows what really happened to Roza. He knows she was kidnapped by a dangerous man whose face he cannot remember.

As we follow the stories of Finn, Roza, and the people of Bone Gap, acclaimed author Laura Ruby weaves a tale of the ways in which the face the world sees is never the sum of who we are.

Review Quotes

"The real magic in Bone Gap is the discovery of love, an idea many stories misrepresent but Bone Gap explores with the utmost honesty and truth." - Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) (starred review)
"It's a novel about actual changes in worldview, and all its science and myth and realism and magic are marshaled, finally, to answer crucial questions about empathy and difference, and the way we see people we love." - New York Times Book Review
"BONE GAP marks Laura Ruby as one of fiction's most original voices. She is capable of moving you to tears, terrifying you on deep and dreamlike levels, and making your heart shout with happiness. This book is magic realism at its most magical." - E. Lockhart, author of WE WERE LIARS
"With rich characters, captivating world building, and a stunning secret at its heart, BONE GAP is utterly bewitching." - ALA Booklist (starred review)
"Cleverly conceived, and lusciously written." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Ruby's novel deserves to be read and reread. It is powerful, beautiful, extraordinary." - SLJ