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Ruby's wish Cover Image Book

Ruby's wish / by Shirin Yim Bridges ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

Bridges, Shirin Yim, (author.). Blackall, Sophie, (illustrator.). Blackall, Sophie. (Added Author). Brownstone Book Fund 2011-2012. (Added Author).

Summary:

In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780811834902
  • ISBN: 0811834905
  • ISBN: 9781413117141
  • ISBN: 9781452145693
  • ISBN: 1413117147
  • Physical Description: 28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2002]

Content descriptions

Citation/References Note:
Book Links (A.L.A.)
School Library Journal
Wilson's Children
Book Links (A.L.A.), July 2009
Booklist, November 2002
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2002
Horn Book, April 2003
Kirkus Review, August 2002
Pub Weekly, August 2002
Riverbank Review, January 2003
School Library Journal, February 2003
Wilson's Children, October 2010
Target Audience Note:
4.3 Follett Library Resources
K-3
K-3 Follett Library Resources
860L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader (AR) LG 4.3 0.5.
Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.3 0.5 60688.

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Subject:
Sex role > Juvenile fiction.
Education > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile fiction.
Sex role > Fiction.
Education > Fiction.
Girls > China > Pictorial works > Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories > Pictorial works.
Gender roles.
Girls.
China > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
China > History > Fiction.
China > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Picture books.
Children's stories.
Illustrated works.

Available copies

  • 46 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Iredell County Public Library.

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  • 1 current hold with 52 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Harmony Branch Library E BRIDGES (Text) 33114020785721 Easy Fiction Available -
Statesville Main Library E BRIDGES (Text) 33114023635204 Easy Fiction Available -