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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]

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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.

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  • 46 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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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
Marion Library PIC BRI (Text) 37810435073076 Easy Fiction Available -
Alexander Main Library E Bridges (Text) 34269001065425 Easy Fiction Available -
Anderson Creek School Media Center E Bri (Text) 30441617 Easy Fiction Available -
Ashe County Public Library E BRI (Text) 50503010878272 Easy Fiction In transit -
Bordeaux Library E BRIDGES (Text) 31781060603998 Easy Fiction Checked out 08/19/2026
Braswell Memorial Main Library E BRIDGES (Text) 540191010008879 Easy Fiction Available -
Bunn Branch E/Bridges (Text) 72350000094198 Easy Fiction Available -
Columbus Library E BRI (Text) 31250200019763 Easy Fiction Available -
Cooleemee J F BRIDGES (Text) 39872001643128 Easy Fiction Available -
Dunn Public Library E Bri (Text) 33436001420196 Easy Fiction Available -
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