Meet Ruby (Book 1)


by Penny Matthews (Author) Lucia Masciullo (Illustrator)

Book Cover for Meet Ruby (Book 1)

   Book 29   
Pages: 132
It's 1930 . . . and Ruby Quinlan lives in a big house in Adelaide with her parents and her fox terrier, Baxter. As she gets ready for her twelfth birthday party, Ruby has never been happier. But the world she knows is collapsing, and people everywhere are losing their jobs and their homes. Soon Ruby's comfortable life falls apart in ways she could never have imagined . . .

Meet Ruby and join her adventure in the first of four stories about a happy-go-lucky girl in a time of great change.

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)