Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like the wizards charged with defending the city

She has a comfortable life in her aunt's bakery making gingerbread men dance

a profoundly imaginative debut novel set in numerous universes

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There’s the thrilling stuff: making friends

Ruby René Had So Much to Say Jennifer Jackson Fourteen-year-old Mona isn't like theA debut picture book about a curious student who finds herself in trouble for talking in classeven though she just wants to share all that shes learned. Did you know that flamingos dont have teeth? Questions, facts, and dreamsRuby Ren could talk for hours. Once she got going, it was hard for her to stop. It didnt matter if it was history, science, or the lunch menuRuby Ren had so much to say! But when her teacher called home because she found her