Sarah Dessen was Forgotten?

I can't believe it was drawn to my attention today that Sarah Dessen was dissed on our site! She's an incredible author! She motivates students to read, she identifies with the wicked, icky, teenage side in all of us...and puts it in beautiful prose. Thank you Ms. Dessen for being a favorite author to my students, and thank you for getting the reluctant teenage reader on a roll. We truly appreciate you in Ms. Lalk's class, and according to M. H. I am waaaaay wrong for not having included you earlier, so I sincerely apologize.

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At the beginning, or Prologue of Numbering all the Bones, we see a ring--a mysterious ruby ring on black velvet in a pawn shop window, that holds special meaning for the narrator. She refers to her brothers Zeke and Neddy, her "Mistus" and that the ring had once been lost, found, buried, and now here it sits. She wonders what type of luck it will bring the woman whose hand it will rest on. What do you think, infer, or connect with this. Does this remind you of anything you can make connections with, or do you feel it's a great job of foreshadowing... what are your thoughts?