Hotel Ruby

Zusatztext "Prepare to be spooked and romanced as you attempt to unravel the mysteries of Hotel Ruby !" Informationen zum Autor Suzanne Young is the New York Times bestselling author of The Program series. Originally from Utica, New York, Suzanne moved to Arizona to pursue her dream of not freezing to death. She is a novelist and an English teacher, but not always in that order. Suzanne is also the author of Girls with Sharp Sticks, All in Pieces, Hotel for the Lost, and several other novels for teens. Visit her online at AuthorSuzanneYoung.com or follow her on Instagram at @AuthorSuzanneYoung. Klappentext On the way to spend a summer with her grandmother after the sudden death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Audrey, her older brother Daniel, and their father happen upon the Hotel Ruby, a luxurious place filled with unusual guests and little chance of ever leaving.Hotel for the Lost CHAPTER 1 The treetops curve above the road like an archway, blotting out the moon and stars. We’ve been driving through these woods for close to an hour, and our car headlights shine only a short distance in the thick fog. I glance into the backseat to check my older brother’s current state of annoyance, but Daniel hasn’t spoken to me since the rest stop near Vegas. He stiffens, aggressively ignoring me when he turns to face the dark outside the window. “If we stay on this road,” my father says, “I think there’s a shortcut through the mountains. I remember taking it one time with your mother.” The air in the car hardens to cement and I still, the mention of my mother too taboo to slip into conversation. I hear Daniel shift in the backseat, and the tension tightens around me, a vise clamped on my heart. Just when I think I might choke on the grief, my father reaches to flip on the stereo, startling us from the quiet. I stare out the windshield, my eyes stinging. I don’t dare blink hard enough to let a tear fall. Normally, I’d turn to Daniel, but we’ve run out of comforting things to say. Now the words feel false, hollow. So neither of us bothers to speak them anymore. My brother knows this trip isn’t entirely my fault. I’ve made mistakes since our mother died, but I’m not the only one. Daniel’s coping mechanism is to deflect his grief, his resentment; and sometimes he hurls them at me. But our father, well, he’s just lost altogether. Now Dad is sending us to live with our grandmother, uprooting us from Arizona to Elko, some small town in northern Nevada. He claims it will be a “fresh start,” but really, he’s the one who plans to start fresh, leaving us behind with a DNA-matched stranger. Truth is, Dad stopped seeing us. He looks through us like he can’t bear our resemblance to our mother. Like we’re invisible. Daniel and I have lost both of our parents, even though one is sitting next to me now. “Can I change the station?” I ask. My voice is thick, and I realize I haven’t spoken out loud since we left Vegas. How’s that possible? My dad glances over, seeming just as startled by my voice, and gives a quick nod. Daniel shifts in the backseat as I start pressing and then re-pressing the scan button, searching for a clear station. My iPod died nearly a hundred miles ago, and I haven’t had a chance to charge it. I’m at the mercy of the DJ gods, and they have not been favorable toward me. The radio search is met with static, save one channel that’s playing old jazz. I take a spin through the stations again. “Hey, Aud,” Daniel calls. My heart skips a beat, and I look back at him. He’s our mother’s reflection—platinum hair, blue eyes. It still startles me. “Can I have your Snickers bar?” he asks. I choke on a laugh, covering my smile because this is Daniel’s way of...

Product details

• Authors: Suzanne Young
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9781481423007
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-2300-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subject: Children's and young people's books