Rubinrot
core novel 2009 Precious Stone Trilogy
Record
| Original title | Rubinrot |
|---|---|
| First published | 2009 |
| Original language |  DE |
| First English translation | 2011 |
| Translator | Anthea Bell |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.27 (57,425 ratings, collected 2026-09-23) |
| Page count | 345 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9783401063348 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for travelling through time: the gene is passed down through the women of their extended London family, and everyone believed Charlotte had inherited it. But it is sixteen-year-old Gwyneth who, unexpectedly and in the middle of class, takes a sudden spin to a different era. With no training in how to behave in other periods and no background in the Guardians, the secret society that protects the travellers, she must unearth why her mother lied about her birth date to ward off suspicion about her ability, brush up on her history, and work with Gideon, the time traveller from a similarly gifted family that passes the gene through its male line, whose presence becomes, in time, less insufferable and more essential. Together they journey through eighteenth-century and contemporary London to discover whom they can trust. Published in English as Ruby Red.
Where it sits
- Universe: Precious Stone Trilogy
- Series: Edelstein-Trilogie core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Kerstin Gier
Awards (verified)
- American Library Association Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012: honor; Selected for the 2012 list (English translation, Ruby Red).
Notes
- From the series record (Edelstein-Trilogie): German original titles used as canonical (Rubinrot/Saphirblau/Smaragdgrün, Arena Verlag, 2009-2010), matching this canon's standing original-title convention for foreign-language-original works (see the Wellenläufer-Trilogie precedent). English translations by Anthea Bell: Ruby Red (2011), Sapphire Blue (2012), Emerald Green (2013).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Edelstein-Trilogie: position 1 of 3: next Saphirblau (2010)
Sources
- Wikipedia (English) -- Ruby Red Trilogy
- Wikipedia (German) -- Liebe geht durch alle Zeiten
- Henry Holt (publisher description and Publishers Weekly review)
- Global Literature in Libraries Initiative -- #WorldKidLit: Ruby Red
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