Harriet, a client of Nate’s, offers Ruby a job at her jewelry store in a nearby mall. When Ruby thinks about this, she realizes there are similarities between her and her mother. He tells her that she’s being ungrateful to both him and Cora. Jamie is extremely angry at Ruby when she arrives home that day. Later, she finds herself in a car with Nate, who has picked her up. She skips school and turns to drugs and alcohol. This realization is too much for Ruby to deal with. Cora had been attempting to save Ruby from the life she was living with their mother, but Cora’s efforts were always blocked. She finds out that Cora wasn’t ignoring her over the years, as she had assumed.
Ruby begins to accept and settle into her new life. As the novel progresses, they grow closer together. Nate Cross, a fellow high school senior who lives next door, covers for Ruby. She tries to run away after learning that she will have to transfer to a new high school, but she’s discovered and stopped. She wears the key to her former home on a chain around her neck. Ruby’s not happy with this arrangement and finds it difficult to trust anyone. Jamie grew up in a close family and wants to share that type of life with Cora and Ruby.
When Ruby’s mother abandons her, child services forces Ruby to live with Cora and her husband, dot-com millionaire Jamie Hunter. Lock and Key tells the story of seventeen-year-old Ruby Cooper, her alcohol- and drug-addicted mother, and Ruby’s sister, Cora, who left for college early in Ruby’s life. Dessen frequently explores themes like changing personalities, emotional unavailability, and isolation.
She is a repeat winner of the Margaret A. Her other works include her 1996 debut That Summer and New York Times best-seller Along for the Ride. Lock and Key is a 2008 young adult novel by American author Sarah Dessen.
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