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I give The Beat on Ruby’s Street by Jenna Zark 5 out of 5 stars.

Ruby Tabeata is an old soul living in a 1950s Beat community with her family. Because of her unconventional upbringing, Ruby is torn from her family and placed in a group home, not to be returned unless her parents agree to conform to society’s expectations. Refusing to accept this turn of events, Ruby carries out a plan of her own.

Ruby’s voice is thoughtful and engaging throughout the story; poetic, yet very much what an eleven-almost-twelve year old voice should be – interested in things like leotards and golden birthdays. Her fear of “the man” and guilt over “his” entrance to her life, family, and community are completely relatable.

The Beat culture and ’50s pop culture are woven into the story through Ruby’s eyes and avoids feeling like a history lesson or game of trivia. Vocabulary and other references are presented the same way.

Overall, The Beat on Ruby’s Street is a charming and uplifting read. It’s easy to settle into and relate to, and I highly recommend it for preteen girls.


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The Beat on Ruby Street Jenna Zark 9781513702940 Books Reviews

This is the hippest young lady ... I think I spotted her when I lived in the Village. A story not only for young ladies, but anyone. Ruby is a keen and bright observer and has much to tell us all!
This is a smart, well-told story about life, art, and growing up. Ms. Zark does a nice job of capturing life in Greenwich Village during the 1950s. Ruby is a strong character who has to deal with lots of real-life issues. The ending is both realistic and heartwarming. Ruby was a pleasure to read! I'd highly recommend it to anyone.
A smart,sharp read - a fantastic YA alternative to all the dystopian junk out there. Beautifully written with great characters.
I can't begin to say enough about this book. But let me just say, "It is not 'Little House On The Prairie!" I would love to see this on every reading list for advanced elementary school readers and middle school English classes! In addition to being a great story with characters that draw you into their world, Ms. Zark's book is brimming with possibilities for stimulating discussion that will challenge students to think about values, cultures, emotions, problem solving, family systems, social and economic challenges, urban culture, and so much more. What a great tool this book could be in a teacher hands (or a parents for that matter) for engaging students in higher levels of thinking and conversation around issues that are relevant to them today.
Jenna Zark's creation and depiction of the central character of young Ruby (young, but wise beyond her years) rings true throughout, and is all the more effective perhaps because the story plays out over the course of only a few days and weeks. Zark takes us back to a time and place (mid-20th Century, New York's Greenwich Village) that most people have only heard about, never experienced. But the author, while introducing real historical characters into the narrative (most notably Jack Kerouac), adheres closely to the key dynamic of family relationships. Everything Ruby thinks, does and is at this stage of her personal development is influenced by how she feels about her mother, father, brother, and her beloved cat, Solange. The story works best on this level, so that the Village, the Fifties, Kerouac and his Beat poet compatriots, and all else seem like supporting action. Ruby, whose mother (a painter) and father (a jazz musician, often out of town) may have differences too great to be able to work out, is realizing something we all do at some point that our parents, whether well-matched or mis-matched, are only human, don't have all the answers, and can't protect us from everything. Also, that life is not a fairytale, and the real world can be troubling, frightening and painful. But through the character of Ruby we see a way of dealing with the pain by thinking creatively, staying optimistic, and aspiring to be an artist on some level, practical or not. A really enjoyable, authentic story, and a book that children as well as adults can relate to.
This is an astonishing and tremendously moving book, written from the perspective of its 11 (soon 12) year old protagonist Ruby, a fiercely independent, resilient and resourceful daughter of the Beat generation. The narrative is artfully framed by Ruby's journey to find Jack Kerouac. Another framing device is the ramp up to and first catastrophic but finally redemptive celebration of her 12th birthday.This YP novel is a kind of picaresque -- in the form of a coming of age--novel. And yet, helpfully, Ruby has not really come of age by the end, simply been affirmed and confirmed in the way that she can navigate the chaos and change of the times in general, and within her family specifically. And all the while, she is growing older, wiser, and stronger.

The novel credibly recreates the milieu of the New York Beats, both in the liberation and affirmation that it offered to many. At the same time, through Ruby's eyes we clearly see how in the renegotiation of traditional family structures, there was more liberation offered to men, than to women and children.
I give The Beat on Ruby’s Street by Jenna Zark 5 out of 5 stars.

Ruby Tabeata is an old soul living in a 1950s Beat community with her family. Because of her unconventional upbringing, Ruby is torn from her family and placed in a group home, not to be returned unless her parents agree to conform to society’s expectations. Refusing to accept this turn of events, Ruby carries out a plan of her own.

Ruby’s voice is thoughtful and engaging throughout the story; poetic, yet very much what an eleven-almost-twelve year old voice should be – interested in things like leotards and golden birthdays. Her fear of “the man” and guilt over “his” entrance to her life, family, and community are completely relatable.

The Beat culture and ’50s pop culture are woven into the story through Ruby’s eyes and avoids feeling like a history lesson or game of trivia. Vocabulary and other references are presented the same way.

Overall, The Beat on Ruby’s Street is a charming and uplifting read. It’s easy to settle into and relate to, and I highly recommend it for preteen girls.