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Ruby in the Ruins
written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes
Ages: 6+
Published: 2018
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-0-7636-9237-7
Keywords: Soldiers returning from war, Fathers and Daughters, World War II, London blitz
London, 1945: Ruby's father is home from the war, a changed and distant man. Ruby spends her days clambering on post-Blitz rubble, until one day she falls. Warm ink, gouache and watercolor illustrations.