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106 pp.
| Atheneum/Schwartz |
March, 2004 |
TradeISBN 0-689-84907-9$$15.95
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Anne Wilsdorf.
Seven-year-old Ruby Lu practices her magic tricks, attends Chinese school on Saturdays, and prepares for the arrival of relatives newly emigrating from China. Ruby is a spunky child--and Wilsdorf's angular sketches are as full of life as Ruby herself. The text is more difficult than the format suggests because the language is peppered with Chinese words and poetic expressions.