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Ruined takes place in New Orleans in the garden district. In some parts of the story, it takes place in New York.

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The main character, Rebecca, is a New Yorker who was forced to move to New Orleans by her father. Rebecca is stubborn and dislikes living with her aunt, Claudia, and her cousin. Lisette Villieux is a ghost that haunts the Lafayette cemetery. Only Rebecca can see her and later on, Helena can too. She is kind, helpful. Helena Bowman is a wealthy, rude and selfish girl who dislikes Rebecca and her family.

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In Ruined by Paula Morris, Rebecca Brown is homesick and misses New York and her father.

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Rebecca does not get along with the students at her school, Temple Mead. Helena Bowman tries to intimidate her and ruin her social status at school.

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Rebecca ends the curse on the Bowman family with Lisette, Anton, and her father's help. Helena Bowman, the final Bowman daughter to die, is crushed by a statue of an angel. Also, Lisette's ghost is able to rest again after the curse ends.

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The theme of Ruined is that holding grudges and keeping secrets could lead to terrible things happening. For example, Lisette was not told she was a Bowman and only found out after she was murdered by her father's wife. Morris writes, "That woman was still shaking me, trying to bash my head against the wood another time" (Morris, 154). In this quote, Lisette was telling the truth about how she died to Rebecca.

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Another example of the theme is that Rebecca was not told she was part of a prophecy so she was kidnapped. Morris writes, "The float was headed for the Coliseum Street gate of the cemetery. And, like one of the gladiators of the ancient world, Rebecca was being taken there to fight for her life" (Morris, 282). In the story, Rebecca was being taken to the Lafayette cemetery by the Su

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I would recommend Ruined to someone who likes books that have curses in them because the book revolves around a curse that was put on the Bowman family.