Lock and Key

In the book, Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen, Ruby, and 18 year old girl, moves to a different town with her sister and brother in law because her mother abandoned her. She has to move into a completely different house, goes to a new school and has no friends in the area. She basically refreshed her life. Ruby struggles with this because she feel like an outcast. Later on in the book, she overcomes this anxiety and makes new friends. 

Family. This is a hard topic for Ruby to talk about. Her mother never cared for her and left her and her father was never in the picture. It seems to Ruby that everyone in the school has a "perfect family". A mother, father, sister and a brother. Ruby is currently living with her sister, Cora, and her husband, Jamie. This is why she feels like a misfit. On page 361, Ruby is at school and her teacher makes her and the rest of the class do an activity. The activity is supposed to be social and to learn new things about people. You pick a piece of paper out of an envelope that says one word and you have to talk about it. Ruby picks out a piece of paper that says "Family" on it. This makes her feel very uncomfortable and discluded. 

Although, at the end of the book, Ruby makes new friends and can even talk about her feeling with them. This helps Ruby become a more social person and more comfortable and suited with her new place she can call home. 

To conclude, Ruby started out as a shy, new girl in town but later she becomes apart of it.