Ruby Lu, Brave and True. by Lenore Look. illustrated by Anne Wilsdorf. (2004). 112p. New York: Atheneum Books.
Awards and Honors: none
Review:
Ruby Lu is an eight-year-old Chinese American girl growing up with her mother, father and baby brother, Oscar. Ruby loves reflective tape, doing magic, and playing with Oscar. She doesn't love her mean neighbor, Christina; going to Chinese school; or the impending arrival of her Chinese cousin, Flying Duck, but Ruby handles each dilemma with exuberant panache. Each chapter in this book, the first in a series, reads like a separate short story.
Ruby Lu is an eight-year-old Chinese American girl growing up with her mother, father and baby brother, Oscar. Ruby loves reflective tape, doing magic, and playing with Oscar. She doesn't love her mean neighbor, Christina; going to Chinese school; or the impending arrival of her Chinese cousin, Flying Duck, but Ruby handles each dilemma with exuberant panache. Each chapter in this book, the first in a series, reads like a separate short story.
Opinion:
Ruby Lu is like the Chinese American equivalent of Judy Moody. I appreciated her individuality, but I didn't love the book. The language felt disjointed at times, and an unfortunate chapter in which Ruby drives herself to school (virtually without consequence) marred the book for me.
Ruby Lu is like the Chinese American equivalent of Judy Moody. I appreciated her individuality, but I didn't love the book. The language felt disjointed at times, and an unfortunate chapter in which Ruby drives herself to school (virtually without consequence) marred the book for me.
Working in a majority Chinese American community, I'm always on the lookout for books which feature Asian American characters.
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