Waiting on Wednesday - Ruby on the Outside by Nora Raleigh Baskin

WoW is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine in which we share the titles of books whose release we are eagerly anticipating.

Ruby on the Outside by Nora Raleigh Baskin. 176 p. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, June 16, 2015. 9781442485037.

Publisher synopsis: Ruby’s mom is in prison, and to tell anyone the truth is to risk true friendship in this novel from the author of The Summer Before Boys that accurately and sensitively addresses a subject too often overlooked.

Eleven-year-old Ruby Danes is about to start middle school, and only her aunt knows her deepest, darkest, most secret secret: her mother is in prison.

Then Margalit Tipps moves into Ruby’s condo complex, and the two immediately hit it off. Ruby thinks she’s found her first true-blue friend—but can she tell Margalit the truth about her mom? Maybe not. Because it turns out that Margalit’s family history seems closely connected to the very event that put her mother in prison, and if Ruby comes clean, she could lose everything she cares about most.

I have adored many of this author's books in the past and am quite psyched to read this one. And, how much do I love the cover?