The Town That Drowned
Ruby is the main character of this novel and the story is told entirely from her point of view. She is a 14‑year-old girl. Near the beginning of the book she has a vision of some of the townspeople swimming around her and one person happens to be someone she had never seen before. Ruby gets bullied at school (mainly by June Crouse) as a result of this incident. To make things worse, she has a unique brother who is seen as a freak by others. She receives suspicion after the townspeople learn that her house would be saved from being flooded (Later on, it is revealed that Ruby had to move anyway since the water went further than expected). Her best friend and cousin is Sarah Carson who was always there for Ruby. However, in that year, Sarah moved to another town and leaving Ruby to face her troubles on her own. Later on in the story Ruby falls in love with Troy Rutherford, who happens to be her first love.
Ruby Karp
On her third birthday, Karp found herself onstage at UCB as a guest on "Talk Show with Paul Scheer and Jake Fogelnest". Since then, she's performed monologues at ASSSSCAT, a monoscene with Chris Gethard, and appeared in an alien costume in a performance of the "Broad City Live" show in 2012. In 2004, she appeared on the first episode of "Shutterbugs" with Aziz Ansari and Rob Huebel on the MTV sketch comedy television show "Human Giant". In 2008, Karp spoke about being a feminist with Amy Poehler on her web series "Smart Girls at the Party" when she was 7 years old. She performed in a variety of shows at UCB and, in February 2011, started hosting the story-telling show, "Hello Giggles Presents Very Important Things". This show has since become the current, monthly stand-up show, "We Hope You have Fun". She has performed stand up at other UCB shows including "Fresh Out", "Adulting", and "Andy Blitz and Andy Blitz's Friends".