"Bone Gap is a book about perspective. About the difference between looking and seeing. About fairytales, self-image, the heavy burden that beauty can be and the pernicious ways we look at and treat women. It’s awfully tense and there is this feeling of anxious momentum that runs through this novel. It’s also very romantic where it matters, empowering where it counts and beautiful in its telling."It is rare that I come across a book that I find to be beautifully written, thought-provoking, creative, and extremely readable all at once; Laura Ruby has graced us with such a book in Bone Gap. Through the exploration of perspective, Ruby tells the story of Finn, and teenage boy from the corn-field-filled rural Illinois and the beautiful Roza, whose kidnapping Finn witnessed. Ruby uses complex writing structures with allusions to Greek Mythology and studies of the human psyche that will keep you on your toes throughout the read. There are new secrets to be discovered, at every page turn, between the gaps.

A definite page turner, Bone Gap will have you falling in love with the quirky characters and begging for more when you reach book's end. I read this book quickly, and I found myself absorbed in the unique story. Laura Ruby’s sentence structure, especially her use of longer sentences, and simple, conversational writing style made Bone Gap a book that was easy to lose myself in. She created likable and realistic characters, and this world was the one I found it easier to immerse myself in than many books I have read lately.

Bone Gap has been recognized as follows:

Winner of the 2016 Michael L. Printz Award for
Excellence in Young Adult Literature

National Book Award Finalist

If you're looking for a creative read that will keep you interested and engaged from start to finish. This book would make a perfect addition to any home or classroom book shelf!

"It is a rare book that sits comfortably on the shelf with the works of Twain, McCullers, Conroy, Stephen King, and D'Aulaires' Greek Myths—rarer still that a novel combines elements of these authors together. Bone Gap does just this, to superb effect. We start with a boy named Finn and his brother, Sean. Sean is the classic hero: strong, silent, great at everything he does. Finn is a pretty boy whose otherworldly goofiness has earned him the nicknames Spaceman, Sidetrack, and Moonface. Along comes Roza, a beautiful and damaged young woman, fleeing from some unknown evil. When she disappears, only Finn witnesses her abduction and he is unable to describe her captor. He is also unsure whether she left by force or choice. The author defies readers' expectations at every turn. In this world, the evidence of one's senses counts for little; appearances, even less. Heroism isn't born of muscle, competence, and desire, but of the ability to look beyond the surface and embrace otherworldliness and kindred spirits. Sex happens, but almost incidentally. Evil happens, embodied in a timeless, nameless horror that survives on the mere idea of beauty. Ruby's novel deserves to be read and reread. It is powerful, beautiful, extraordinary."

—Nina Sachs, School Library Journal