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Book Dumb is about characters who perform poorly in school, but are of "at least average intelligence" in non-academic areas. Gordon Gelderman is not an example, since he was portrayed as fairly intelligent/uninsightful across the board.
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* BookDumb: Gwen and Lesley don't really pay attention at school (except in History class) and 'study' by watching popular movies only loosely related to the topic. Also, Gordon Gelderman:
--> "Elizabeth I was so ugly that she couldn't get a husband. So everyone called her the Ugly Virgin."
--> "Elizabeth I was so ugly that she couldn't get a husband. So everyone called her the Ugly Virgin."
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* BookDumb: Gwen and Lesley don't really pay attention at school (except in History class) and 'study' by watching popular movies only loosely related to the topic. Also, Gordon Gelderman:
topic, yet outside of school, they are able to hold their own in trying to figure out and navigate the complex conspiracies of the Guardians. This is sharply contrasted with Gideon and Charlotte, who have received intensive education practically since birth in historical knowledge and skills designed to let them fit seamlessly into past eras, but have also been successfully indoctrinated to play their roles in the Guardians without question or complaint and are unprepared for navigating healthy friendships and relationships in their own era.
-->"Elizabeth I was so ugly Gwyneth: "If you've been trained for your life as a time traveler only half as thoroughly as Charlotte, then you've had no time to make any friends at all, and your opinion of what you call ''average'' girls comes from observations you made when you were standing about the school yard alone. Or are you telling me that she couldn't get a husband. So everyone called her the Ugly Virgin."other kids at your school thought your hobbies, like Latin, dancing the gavotte, and driving horse-drawn carriages, were really cool?"
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* TimeMachine: The chronograph is a time machine that's triggered by blood (only a drop is needed each time). The characters who have the time-travel gene are able to travel through time without it, but travel without the chronograph is uncontrolled and dangerous because they could jump at any time to any era. People who don't have the gene can't travel in time at all, time machine or not.
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* TimeMachine: The chronograph is a time machine that's triggered by blood (only a drop is needed each time). The characters who have the time-travel gene are able to travel through time without it, but travel without the chronograph is uncontrolled and dangerous because they could jump at any time to any era. People who don't have the gene can't travel in time at all, time machine or not. It can only send people into the past, not the future, sends them back to the same location where the chronograph is currently located, and sends them for a fixed, preset amount of time that cannot exceed 4 hours, resulting in the need for careful planning to accomplish missions.
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* MultigenerationalHousehold: 81 Bourdonplace is owned by Lady Arista, who lives there with her sister-in-law Madeleine, her daughters Glenda and Grace, and her grandchildren Charlotte, Gwen, Nick and Caroline. And Mr Bernard.
* OnlySaneMan: Mr. George.
* PlayingSick: Charlotte and Gwen both play sick in ''Emerald Green''. Charlotte does it so she can search Gwen's room while Gwen is in school. Gwen pretends she is ill so she can stay home as well and foil Charlotte's plan, however, her mother makes her go to school. It works for Gwen later when she wants to avoid going to the ball in the 18th century.
* PrettyBoy: Gideon and his brother Raphael.
* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Xemerius the gargoyle to Gwen.
* TimeMachine: One that's powered by blood. (Only a drop is needed, though.) The characters who have the gene are able to travel through time without it, but this is dangerous because they could jump at any time. People who don't have the gene can't travel in time at all, time machine or not.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: How Gwen takes her mobile phone to the past despite it being forbidden.
* OnlySaneMan: Mr. George.
* PlayingSick: Charlotte and Gwen both play sick in ''Emerald Green''. Charlotte does it so she can search Gwen's room while Gwen is in school. Gwen pretends she is ill so she can stay home as well and foil Charlotte's plan, however, her mother makes her go to school. It works for Gwen later when she wants to avoid going to the ball in the 18th century.
* PrettyBoy: Gideon and his brother Raphael.
* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Xemerius the gargoyle to Gwen.
* TimeMachine: One that's powered by blood. (Only a drop is needed, though.) The characters who have the gene are able to travel through time without it, but this is dangerous because they could jump at any time. People who don't have the gene can't travel in time at all, time machine or not.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: How Gwen takes her mobile phone to the past despite it being forbidden.
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* MultigenerationalHousehold: 81 Bourdonplace is owned by Lady Arista, who lives there with her sister-in-law Madeleine, her daughters Glenda and Grace, and her grandchildren Charlotte, Gwen, Nick and Caroline. And Plus, the butler Mr Bernard.
%% * OnlySaneMan: Mr. George.
* PlayingSick: Charlotte and Gwen both play sick in ''Emerald Green''. Charlottedoes it pretends to have the flu so she can search Gwen's room while Gwen is in school. Gwen pretends she is ill so she can stay home as well and foil Charlotte's plan, however, her mother makes her go to school. It works for Gwen later when she wants to avoid going to the ball in the 18th century.
* PrettyBoy: The physical attractiveness of Gideon and his brotherRaphael.
Raphael are noted repeatedly throughout the books, both in the narration (Gwyneth's point of view) and in dialog, primarily discussions between Gwen and her best friend Lesley or Gwen and the gargoyle Xemerius.
* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Xemerius is thegargoyle to Gwen.
ghost of a gargoyle, who can only be seen and heard by Gwen. Much of his dialog is spent complaining about the tears, angst, and/or sappiness arising from teenage romance, providing sarcastic "narration" of Gwen's interactions with her love interest, or providing highly embellished reporting about events he spied on for Gwen.
* TimeMachine:One The chronograph is a time machine that's powered triggered by blood. (Only blood (only a drop is needed, though.) needed each time). The characters who have the time-travel gene are able to travel through time without it, but this travel without the chronograph is uncontrolled and dangerous because they could jump at any time.time to any era. People who don't have the gene can't travel in time at all, time machine or not.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment:How Gwen takes her mobile phone to the past hidden in her bodice, despite it being forbidden.
%% * OnlySaneMan: Mr. George.
* PlayingSick: Charlotte and Gwen both play sick in ''Emerald Green''. Charlotte
* PrettyBoy: The physical attractiveness of Gideon and his brother
* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Xemerius is the
* TimeMachine:
* VictoriasSecretCompartment:
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* WhereIsYourXNow: In ''Emerald Green'', Alcott asks Gwen where the Kurucs who are supposed to protect her are now. She realizes that they're probably still [[ItMakesSenseInContext in the basement]].
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* WhereIsYourXNow: In ''Emerald Green'', Alcott asks Gwen where the Kurucs who are supposed to protect her are now. She realizes that they're probably still [[ItMakesSenseInContext in the basement]].basement, where the attack was expected during the original plan.
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* BigBad: The Count of Saint Germain, aka [[spoiler: Mr. Whitman.]]
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* BigBad: The Count of Saint Germain, aka [[spoiler: Mr. Whitman.]]Whitman]], despite living in the 18th century, manages to micromanage the handling of his life's mission up through the present day and drive the plot of the books via the selected writings he handed down to his secret society and specific instructions carried by the time travelers who visit him.
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* ButtMonkey: Gordon Gelderman. Mr. Marley as well.
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* CurtainCamouflage: During one of her first jumps in time, Gwen has to hide behind a curtain from her future self. Future!Gwen spots her, but distracts Gideon so he won't see Present!Gwen as well.
* DancesAndBalls: Gwyneth and Gideon attend a few of these in the past.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gwyneth, Lesley, Gideon...
--> '''Gideon:''' What a fun trip! Belgium is such a wildly exotic country. Don't we all just dream of spending three days in ''Belgium'' sometime?
* DancesAndBalls: Gwyneth and Gideon attend a few of these in the past.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gwyneth, Lesley, Gideon...
--> '''Gideon:''' What a fun trip! Belgium is such a wildly exotic country. Don't we all just dream of spending three days in ''Belgium'' sometime?
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* CurtainCamouflage: During one of her first jumps in time, Gwen has to hide behind a curtain from her future self.self and Gideon. Future!Gwen spots her, but distracts Gideon so he won't see Present!Gwen as well.
* DancesAndBalls: Gwyneth and Gideon have to attend afew of these large ball in the past.
18th century, at the request of Count Saint-Germain. This poses no problem for Gideon, who has been trained since childhood to function discreetly within the historical periods he may need to visit, but requires Gwyneth to take crash-course lessons in dance, etiquette, and history to allow her to blend in.
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%% --> '''Gideon:''' What a fun trip! Belgium is such a wildly exotic country. Don't we all just dream of spending three days in ''Belgium'' sometime?
* DancesAndBalls: Gwyneth and Gideon have to attend a
%% * DeadpanSnarker: Gwyneth, Lesley, Gideon...
%% --> '''Gideon:''' What a fun trip! Belgium is such a wildly exotic country. Don't we all just dream of spending three days in ''Belgium'' sometime?
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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: In Emerald Green it is revealed [[spoiler: that Gwyneths mother is actually the cousin of her biological mother, Lucy. She had to flee into the past only days after she gave birth and couldn't take her baby with her. Grace never told anyone in order to protect Gwyneth from the Count of Saint Germain.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gideon. Charlotte sometimes shows a nicer side as well, though she is generally very cold to Gwyneth.
* KissOfDistraction: At the ball in ''Emerald Green'' [[spoiler: Gwen kisses Gideon to distract him [[ItMakesSenseInContext from her past self]] who's hiding behind the curtain.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gideon. Charlotte sometimes shows a nicer side as well, though she is generally very cold to Gwyneth.
* KissOfDistraction: At the ball in ''Emerald Green'' [[spoiler: Gwen kisses Gideon to distract him [[ItMakesSenseInContext from her past self]] who's hiding behind the curtain.]]
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* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: In Emerald Green Green, it is revealed [[spoiler: that Gwyneths Gwyneth's mother is actually the cousin of her biological mother, Lucy. She Lucy had to flee into the past only days after she gave birth and couldn't take her baby with her. Grace never told anyone in order to protect Gwyneth from the Count of Saint Germain.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold:Gideon.Gideon has a tendency to act arrogant, bossy, and disdainful of Gwyneth (and other "ordinary" girls) for lacking the intensive, specialized education that he and Charlotte received through their Guardians training, but alternates this with periods of good-humor and thoughtfulness. Charlotte sometimes shows a nicer side as well, though she is generally very cold to Gwyneth.
* KissOfDistraction: At the ball in ''EmeraldGreen'' Green'', [[spoiler: Gwen Gwen]] kisses Gideon to distract him from [[ItMakesSenseInContext from her past self]] who's hiding behind the curtain.]]
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In 2013, a live action German-language film based on the first book was released. Adaptations of the two sequels soon followed.
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* WhatYearIsThis: Gwen asks people on the street what year it is during her first unexpected jump in time. They don't give her an answer, but she realizes that it doesn't matter because even if she found out, she still wouldn't know what to do.
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* MultigenerationalHousehold: 81 Bourdonplace is owned by Lady Arista, who lives there with her sister-in-law Madeleine, her daughters Glenda and Grace, and her grandchildren Charlotte, Gwen, Nick and Caroline. And Mr Bernard.
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* PlayingSick: Charlotte and Gwen both play sick in ''Emerald Green''. Charlotte does it so she can search Gwen's room while Gwen is in school. Gwen pretend she is ill so she can stay home as well and foil Charlotte's plan, however, her mother makes her go to school. It works for Gwen later when she wants to avoid going to the ball in the 18th century.
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* PlayingSick: Charlotte and Gwen both play sick in ''Emerald Green''. Charlotte does it so she can search Gwen's room while Gwen is in school. Gwen pretend pretends she is ill so she can stay home as well and foil Charlotte's plan, however, her mother makes her go to school. It works for Gwen later when she wants to avoid going to the ball in the 18th century.
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16-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd doesn't always like that her family has so many secrets. Her great aunt has visions, she herself can see things nobody else can and her cousin Charlotte has inherited her family's time travel gene, which is all anyone ever talks about.
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16-year-old Gwyneth Gwendolyn Shepherd doesn't always like that her family has so many secrets. Her great aunt has visions, she herself can see things nobody else can and her cousin Charlotte has inherited her family's time travel gene, which is all anyone ever talks about.
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* AlcoholHic: Gwen starts hiccuping after getting drunk on Lady Brompton's special punch.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Gwen feels this way about Charlotte.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Gwen feels this way about Charlotte.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Charlotte
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* HotTeacher: Mr. Whitman. Gwyneth and Lesley (and possibly Charlotte) are the only girls in their class who aren't in love with him.
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* RavenHairIvorySkin: Gwyneth.
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* ThisIsMyBoomstick: Gwyneth decides to take her mobile to the past and tries to impress Lord Brompton and Rakoczy. They don't really believe that she is from the future, though they are shocked when she takes a picture.
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* UnfortunateNames: James Augustus Peregrine Pympoole-Bothame
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* DubNameChange: Gwyneth is Gwendoly in the original German version.
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* KissOfDistraction: At the ball in ''Emerald Green'' [[spoiler: Gwen kisses Gideon to distract him [[ItMakesSenseInContext from her future self]] who's hiding behind the curtain.]]
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* KissOfDistraction: At the ball in ''Emerald Green'' [[spoiler: Gwen kisses Gideon to distract him [[ItMakesSenseInContext from her future past self]] who's hiding behind the curtain.]]
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* WhereIsYourXNow: In ''Emerald Green'', Alcott asks Gwen where the Kurucs who are supposed to protect her are now. She realizes that they're probably still [[ItMakesSenseInContext in the basement]].
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Gideon in ''Sapphire Blue'', when [[spoiler: Gwen is dying. Well, kind of dying.]]
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Gideon in ''Sapphire Blue'', ''Emerald Green'', when [[spoiler: Gwen is dying. Well, kind of dying.]]
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* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: Xemerius the gargoyle to Gwen.
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* HotTeacher: Mr. Whitman. Gwyneth and Lesley (and possibly Charlotte) are the only girls in their class who aren't in love with him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gideon. Charlotte sometimes shows a nicer side as well, though she is generally very cold to Gwyneth.
* LetsJustBeFriends: Gwen thinks Gideon is going to apologize for being a jerk and ask her to forgive him, turns out he thinks they should just be friends. She doesn't take it well.
* OnlySaneMan: Mr. George.
* PrettyBoy: Gideon and his brother Raphael.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Gwyneth.
* ThisIsMyBoomstick: Gwyneth decides to take her mobile to the past and tries to impress Lord Brompton and Rakoczy. They don't really believe that she is from the future, though they are shocked when she takes a picture.
* TimeMachine: One that's powered by blood. (Only a drop is needed, though.) The characters who have the gene are able to travel through time without it, but this is dangerous because they could jump at any time. People who don't have the gene can't travel in time at all, time machine or not.
* UnfortunateNames: James Augustus Peregrine Pympoole-Bothame
*VictoriasSecretCompartment: How Gwen takes her mobile phone to the past despite it being forbidden.
* WildTeenParty: Usually, Cynthia Dale's parties are pretty boring. Then ''everybody'' decides to spike the punch...
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Gideon. Charlotte sometimes shows a nicer side as well, though she is generally very cold to Gwyneth.
* LetsJustBeFriends: Gwen thinks Gideon is going to apologize for being a jerk and ask her to forgive him, turns out he thinks they should just be friends. She doesn't take it well.
* OnlySaneMan: Mr. George.
* PrettyBoy: Gideon and his brother Raphael.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Gwyneth.
* ThisIsMyBoomstick: Gwyneth decides to take her mobile to the past and tries to impress Lord Brompton and Rakoczy. They don't really believe that she is from the future, though they are shocked when she takes a picture.
* TimeMachine: One that's powered by blood. (Only a drop is needed, though.) The characters who have the gene are able to travel through time without it, but this is dangerous because they could jump at any time. People who don't have the gene can't travel in time at all, time machine or not.
* UnfortunateNames: James Augustus Peregrine Pympoole-Bothame
*VictoriasSecretCompartment: How Gwen takes her mobile phone to the past despite it being forbidden.
* WildTeenParty: Usually, Cynthia Dale's parties are pretty boring. Then ''everybody'' decides to spike the punch...
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''Ruby Red'', published in 2009, is the first in a trilogy of young adult novels by German author Kerstin Gier. Its two sequels are called ''Sapphire Blue'' and ''Emerald Green''.
16-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd doesn't always like that her family has so many secrets. Her great aunt has visions, she herself can see things nobody else can and her cousin Charlotte has inherited her family's time travel gene, which is all anyone ever talks about.
Then, however, it turns out that Gwen is actually the one to travel through time. Before she even really has a chance to protest, she is dealing with a secret council of snobs, attempts on her life, and – worst of all – her infuriating (but so good-looking!) travel companion Gideon de Villiers. While trying to uncover the secrets surrounding a prophecy about the time travellers, attending fancy parties in the past and having to keep up with her school work, Gwen realizes that falling in love in the middle of it all only makes matters worse.
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!! ''The Ruby Red Trilogy'' contains examples of:
* AlcoholHic: Gwen starts hiccuping after getting drunk on Lady Brompton's special punch.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Gwen feels this way about Charlotte.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Gideon in ''Sapphire Blue'', when [[spoiler: Gwen is dying. Well, kind of dying.]]
* BigBad: The Count of Saint Germain, aka [[spoiler: Mr. Whitman.]]
* BookDumb: Gwen and Lesley don't really pay attention at school (except in History class) and 'study' by watching popular movies only loosely related to the topic. Also, Gordon Gelderman:
--> "Elizabeth I was so ugly that she couldn't get a husband. So everyone called her the Ugly Virgin."
* BreakTheHaughty: Charlotte
* ButtMonkey: Gordon Gelderman. Mr. Marley as well.
* CostumePorn: Gwen's historical outfits are described in loving detail.
* DancesAndBalls: Gwyneth and Gideon attend a few of these in the past.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gwyneth, Lesley, Gideon...
--> '''Gideon:''' What a fun trip! Belgium is such a wildly exotic country. Don't we all just dream of spending three days in ''Belgium'' sometime?
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16-year-old Gwyneth Shepherd doesn't always like that her family has so many secrets. Her great aunt has visions, she herself can see things nobody else can and her cousin Charlotte has inherited her family's time travel gene, which is all anyone ever talks about.
Then, however, it turns out that Gwen is actually the one to travel through time. Before she even really has a chance to protest, she is dealing with a secret council of snobs, attempts on her life, and – worst of all – her infuriating (but so good-looking!) travel companion Gideon de Villiers. While trying to uncover the secrets surrounding a prophecy about the time travellers, attending fancy parties in the past and having to keep up with her school work, Gwen realizes that falling in love in the middle of it all only makes matters worse.
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!! ''The Ruby Red Trilogy'' contains examples of:
* AlcoholHic: Gwen starts hiccuping after getting drunk on Lady Brompton's special punch.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Gwen feels this way about Charlotte.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Gideon in ''Sapphire Blue'', when [[spoiler: Gwen is dying. Well, kind of dying.]]
* BigBad: The Count of Saint Germain, aka [[spoiler: Mr. Whitman.]]
* BookDumb: Gwen and Lesley don't really pay attention at school (except in History class) and 'study' by watching popular movies only loosely related to the topic. Also, Gordon Gelderman:
--> "Elizabeth I was so ugly that she couldn't get a husband. So everyone called her the Ugly Virgin."
* BreakTheHaughty: Charlotte
* ButtMonkey: Gordon Gelderman. Mr. Marley as well.
* CostumePorn: Gwen's historical outfits are described in loving detail.
* DancesAndBalls: Gwyneth and Gideon attend a few of these in the past.
* DeadpanSnarker: Gwyneth, Lesley, Gideon...
--> '''Gideon:''' What a fun trip! Belgium is such a wildly exotic country. Don't we all just dream of spending three days in ''Belgium'' sometime?
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