Ruby Red (The Ruby Red Trilogy)
Kerstin Gier
Language: English
Pages: 352
ISBN: 0312551517
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time. But unexpectedly, it is Gwyneth who in the middle of class takes a sudden spin to a different era!
Gwyneth must now unearth the mystery of why her mother would lie about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon―the time traveler from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, and whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together, Gwyneth and Gideon journey through time to discover who, in the 18th century and in contemporary London, they can trust.
Kerstin Gier's Ruby Red is young adult novel full of fantasy and romance.
collided with a housemaid carrying a big jug. She squealed as I raced past, then dropped the jug, just like in a scene from a film. Water splashed to the floor, along with broken china. I hoped my pursuer would slip and fall on it—like in a farce. He wouldn’t get past the water and broken china too quickly, anyway. I made use of my start on him to run down the steps to the musicians’ gallery, open the door to the little storage space under it, and crouch inside. It was dusty and untidy in here,
head. “I can see you’ve never thought much about the nature of time. It would be very dangerous to interrupt certain sequences of events. In the worst case scenario, you might never be born.” “I see,” I said untruthfully. Meanwhile we had reached the first floor, passing two more men armed with swords. The yellow man had a brief exchange with them in whispers. What was that password again? All I could think of was Qua nesquick mosquitoes. I definitely had to get myself another brain. The two
name?” I interjected. “Who told you about me?” “I had a visitor from the future.” Her smile widened. “It happens to me quite often.” “Lady Tilney, I tried to explain, last time, that your visitor was telling you lies,” said Gideon. “You’re making a great mistake by trusting the wrong people.” “That’s what I’m always telling her,” said a male voice. A young man had appeared in the doorway. He casually sauntered closer. “Margaret, I always say, you’re making a great mistake by trusting the wrong
into the nave of the church to join him and shivered. It was icy cold in here. Or was that because I’d had almost no sleep over the last three days? Or because of what had just happened? I guessed my body had manufactured more adrenaline in those three days than in all my sixteen years of life. So much had happened, and I’d had so little time to think about it. My head felt like it was bursting with new information and emotions. If I’d been a character in a strip cartoon, I’d have had a thought
have problems like ours.” “Meaning what?” Did they have to live under the same roof as a tyrannical grandmother, a frightful aunt, and a cousin who thought herself something special? “The time-travel gene,” said Great-aunt Maddy. “It’s passed down through the male line in the de Villiers family.” “You mean they have a Charlotte as well?” “The male counterpart. His name’s Gideon, as far as I know.” “And he’s waiting to feel dizzy too?” “He’s already over that part of it. He’s two years older