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Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
Автор: Lenore Look и Anne Wilsdorf
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When Ruby's cousin Flying Duck emigrates from China to live with her, Ruby decides the best thing about Flying Duck is that she is a great new friend. BUT the worst thing about Flying Duck is that now, no one speaks English at home. Plus, there's strange food on the table every night and only chopsticks to eat it with. And Flying Duck is deaf, and Ruby doesn't know any Chinese Sign Language.
As if that weren't enough, this summer proves to be even more perilous as Ruby faces the dangers of swimming lessons, the joys of summer school, the difficulty of staying with a twelve-step program, the miracle needed to keep a beautiful stray dog that wanders into her life, and much more. Is it all too much for anyone -- even the Empress of Everything -- to handle?
As if that weren't enough, this summer proves to be even more perilous as Ruby faces the dangers of swimming lessons, the joys of summer school, the difficulty of staying with a twelve-step program, the miracle needed to keep a beautiful stray dog that wanders into her life, and much more. Is it all too much for anyone -- even the Empress of Everything -- to handle?
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Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
Автор: Lenore Look и Anne Wilsdorf
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When Ruby's cousin Flying Duck emigrates from China to live with her, Ruby decides the best thing about Flying Duck is that she is a great new friend. BUT the worst thing about Flying Duck is that now, no one speaks English at home. Plus, there's strange food on the table every night and only chopsticks to eat it with. And Flying Duck is deaf, and Ruby doesn't know any Chinese Sign Language.
As if that weren't enough, this summer proves to be even more perilous as Ruby faces the dangers of swimming lessons, the joys of summer school, the difficulty of staying with a twelve-step program, the miracle needed to keep a beautiful stray dog that wanders into her life, and much more. Is it all too much for anyone -- even the Empress of Everything -- to handle?
As if that weren't enough, this summer proves to be even more perilous as Ruby faces the dangers of swimming lessons, the joys of summer school, the difficulty of staying with a twelve-step program, the miracle needed to keep a beautiful stray dog that wanders into her life, and much more. Is it all too much for anyone -- even the Empress of Everything -- to handle?
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A chapter book about family. Ruby Lu spends the summer with her deaf cousin. Ruby Lu is challenged with adjusting to her new family. They go through adventures at the swimming pool and at summer school. Their friendship goes through high and low points. We follow these girls’ learning and growing with each other.
Ruby Lu's Chinese immigrant cousin, Flying Duck, has come to live with Ruby Lu and her family and has turned everything wonderfully up-side-down. With her has come her Cantonese-speaking parents, chopsticks, strange and unknown vegetables, and Chinese sign-language. Will Ruby Lu figure out how to juggle all this change - her new favorite relative, scary swimming lessons, bummer summer school and special new "stray" friend? First through third grade readers will have a great time finding out as the make their way through Lenore Look's whacky sequel, "Ruby Lu, Empress of the Everything." Look's language shifts frequently from the easy-to-understand to challenging in this transitional chapter book interspersed with Anne Wilsdorf's fun, sketchy illustrations that give readers just enough visualization to capture the spirit of this crazy, energetic second-grade protagonist. In a world like Ruby Lu's, with so much change, readers will be faced with many of their own early-grade concerns - from "aquaphobia" during beginner swim lessons to "getting busted" in school and having to bring home shirt-pinned notes from displeased teachers. Though scattered, the plot manages to get through the big twists and turns, but at times the story seems disoriented - the language feels a bit condescending in places. The book could have benefited from a more focused, clever attempt to pull it all together and young readers (who know when they're being spoken down to) would appreciated it, too. Recommended for ages 7-8.
When her cousin Flying Duck emigrates from China, Ruby Lu becomes her smile buddy, but it turns out being a good buddy is harder than Ruby had thought it would be. Cute story but not as good as Alvin Ho.