Ruby and the Country Cousins (Book 2)


by Penny Matthews (Author) Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)

Book Cover for Ruby and the Country Cousins (Book 2)

   Book 30   
Pages: 136
It's 1931 and Ruby and her family have lost everything in the Great Depression.  Leaving behind her dad, her school friends and everything she knows, Ruby must move to Kettle Farm to stay with her cousins.  Life in the country is new and strange, and Ruby has never felt like such an outsider.  Thankfully she has her much-loved dog, Baxter, for company - until he gets up to mischief, and everything goes horribly wrong...


Our Australian Girl Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Our Australian Girl
Reading level: 8+
Books in series: 44
Read in order? Yes
Next release: Finished
Tags: historical  adventure  culture  girls  friendship  illustrated 

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Books in series order

1.   Meet Grace (Book 1)  (2011)
2.   A Friend for Grace (Book 2)  (2011)
3.   Grace and Glory (Book 3)  (2011)
4.   A Home for Grace (Book 4)  (2011)
5.   Meet Letty (Book 1)  (2011)
6.   Letty and the Stranger's Lace (Book 2)  (2011)
7.   Letty on the Land (Book 3)  (2011)
8.   Letty's Christmas (Book 4)  (2011)
9.   Meet Nellie (Book 1)  (2011)
10.   Nellie and the Secret Letter (Book 2)  (2012)
11.   Nellie's Quest (Book 3)  (2012)
12.   Nellie's Greatest Wish (Book 4)  (2012)
13.   Meet Poppy (Book 1)  (2011)
14.   Poppy at Summerhill (Book 2)  (2011)
15.   Poppy and the Thief (Book 3)  (2011)
16.   Poppy Comes Home (Book 4)  (2011)
17.   Meet Rose (Book 1)  (2011)
18.   Rose on Wheels (Book 2)  (2011)
19.   Rose's Challenge (Book 3)  (2011)
20.   Rose in Bloom (Book 4)  (2011)
21.   Meet Alice (Book 1)  (2012)
22.   Alice and the Apple Blossom Fair (Book 2)  (2012)
23.   Alice of Peppermint Grove (Book 3)  (2012)
24.   Peacetime for Alice (Book 4)  (2012)
25.   Meet Lina (Book 1)  (2013)
26.   Lina's Many Lives (Book 2)  (2013)
27.   Lina at the Games (Book 3)  (2013)
28.   A Lesson for Lina (Book 4)  (2013)
29.   Meet Ruby (Book 1)  (2013)
30.   Ruby and the Country Cousins (Book 2)  (2013)
31.   School Days for Ruby (Book 3)  (2013)
32.   Ruby of Kettle Farm (Book 4)  (2013)
33.   Meet Daisy (Book 1)  (2014)
34.   Daisy All Alone (Book 2)  (2014)
35.   Daisy in the Mansion (Book 3)  (2014)
36.   Daisy on the Road (Book 4)  (2014)
37.   Meet Pearlie (Book 1)  (2014)
38.   Pearlie's Pet Rescue (Book 2)  (2014)
39.   Pearlie the Spy (Book 3)  (2014)
40.   Pearlie's Ghost (Book 4)  (2014)
41.   Meet Marly (Book 1)  (2015)
42.   Marly's Business (Book 2)  (2015)
43.   Marly and the Goat (Book 3)  (2015)
44.   Marly Walks on the Moon (Book 4)  (2016)