EndoftheAlphabetbyFleurBeale
Ruby Yarrow is 14. Yarrow is at the end of the alphabet and when the roll gets called out Ruby’s name is always at the end and she hates it. She feels she's always at the end of the line.
Tia gets angry with Ruby, telling her to grow a backbone.
Ruby goes on strike and refuses to help out at home.
Ruby gets the job she wants, at the hourly rate she wants, but still can't get Tia to buy the right clothes.
The decision is made about who gets to go to Brazil, and Ruby decides to get CDs from the library to start learning Portuguese.
Ruby lands a holiday job and Max takes off.
Ruby gets Portuguese lessons, and both her and Max's birthdays come and go.
Ruby's mum finally remembers her birthday, Max returns, and Maria asks Ruby to join them on a trip to Wellington.
Ruby goes to Wellington with Maria, Catarina and Lucas.
Max reveals what happened in Australia, and he begins seeing a counsellor who stops Max moving into the sleep-out.
School starts back and the students from Brazil arrive.