Ruby Red

Ruby Red
Ruby seems like every other rich white African schoolgirl of her time - if very popular and beautiful. But her home life is far from the ordinary - her mother is a gallery owner who takes on and looks after the poor, black artists that no one else will, and her father is a defence lawyer for black people. Secret meetings regularly take place at her house, and she can never invite any of her friends round. She lives a life of play-acting and white lies, never showing her true beliefs in equality and freedom beyond her front door. Life seems tough enough, but then she falls in love with a handsome and compassionate Afrikaans boy from another school, and things only go downhill. Rejected by her friends and community, because she pushed the boundaries of the three groups of society, blacks, whites and Afrikaans, it looks like she'll never escape the the prejudiced community she lives in...
This is a truly amazing story of a girl who is not afraid to stand up for her beliefs. Easily earns a place on my 'favorite books' shelf.
9/10