# Ruby Lost and Found

**Author:** Christina Li
**Grade range:** Grades 6–9
**Age range:** 11–14
**First published:** 2023
**Genre:** Realistic Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780063008953`
**ISBN-10:** `0063008955`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/ruby-lost-and-found
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Grieving her grandfather, Ruby spends a San Francisco Chinatown summer following his scavenger-hunt clues, mending family ties and finding her way through loss. a 2026-2027 California Young Reader Medal (Middle School) nominee.

## Themes

- grief
- family
- identity

## Where this book is assigned

### California Young Reader Medal

- **recommended** · 6th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)
- **recommended** · 9th grade · California — [source: California Young Reader Medal 2026-2027 Nominee List (Primary, Picture Books for Older Readers, Intermediate, Middle School/Junior High, Young Adult)](https://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees)

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