Ruby Red is a book about a young teenage girl who grows up without a mother figure. She use excuses for every problem she causes. Ultimately karma kicks her in the behind when she is kidnapped and raped for refusing to say no to a stranger. Ruby struggles to find her true identity and learns that there is a consequence for everything she does in life.
In a post-coup America, an Illinois farm boy is drawn into the resistance by his brother's death. Captured, he is given a choice: betray his friends, or the girl he loves will be lobotomized.