Ruby Gloom's Keys to Happiness

Ruby Gloom's Keys to Happiness by Lynch, Clam. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810950368.

Beetlejuice meets Eloise in this humorous, goth debut. Ruby Gloom is already a best-selling apparel and accessory design of Mighty Fines, for tweens and teens, especially goth girls. Now she introduces herself with seventeen slightly offbeat lessons for life, as seen from the shadowy Victorian mansion where she hangs out with her cat, Doom, the seven skeletons in her closet, and the occasional ghost ("Theyre so dramatic!"). "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," Ruby tells her three crow companions, "so get lost!" Shes the perfect guide for any girl whos ever felt alienated or thought no one quite understood her because shes just, well, different. Rubys popularity attests to her appeal and her maverick wisdom, reminding girls among other things that "Whats ugly on the outside can be pretty on the inside," and that "Its good to take the road less traveled." AUTHOR BIO: Mighty Fine is a Los Angeles-based design team that began designing and manufacturing sportswear for teenagers in 1992.