They make the children feel that there is something wrong with them because parents only walk away from bad kids. Frankie wants to be an artist, but the nuns won’t give her pencils or canvases. Harsh nuns rule the orphanage with iron fists, not allowing the children to have any fun. With only Toni for company, Frankie feels that her life is over. Frankie’s father leaves the orphanage, not caring what happens to the girls. He is only taking their brother away because, one day, he will be the heir to the family fortune. He takes Frankie’s brother, admitting that he probably won’t see the girls again. Remarried, he can only take one child home with them. One day, Frankie’s father visits the orphanage with a new woman on his arm. Their father does not intend to take them back. He supposedly placed Frankie and her siblings in the orphanage as a temporary measure until he could get his head straight. Their mother died recently, and their father can’t handle the grief. Frankie, a teenage girl, lives in an orphanage with her sister, Toni, and her brother. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All takes place in 1940s Chicago, just before the end of WWII.

When she is not writing, she is speaking at literature and teaching conventions across the United States. She is best known for blending history, magical realism, and fantasy. Ruby writes books for teenagers and short stories for adults. The book received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics, and in 2019, it received a nomination for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All (2019), a young adult historical fantasy by Laura Ruby, centers on a young girl and a teenage ghost dealing with separate losses during World War II.

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