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Ruby’s Wish

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Ruby is unlike most little girls in old China. As a substitute of aspiring to get married, Ruby is Made up our minds to attend university when she grows up, just like the boys in her circle of relatives. Based upon the inspirational story of the writer’s grandmother and accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, Ruby’s Wish is a fascinating portrait of a young girl who’s full of ambition and the circle of relatives who rewards her hard work and courage.
First-time kids’ book writer Shirin Yim Bridges uses a tender circle of relatives story to go back and forth back to turn-of-the-century China and teach a proto-feminist lesson about perseverance and self-belief.

Idiosyncratic young Ruby lives in a large (and wealthy!) Chinese circle of relatives, in a gigantic “house filled with the shrieks and laughter of over one hundred children.” She stands out because she insists on at all times wearing red, the color of celebration (“Even when her mother made her wear somber colors like her other cousins, Ruby would tie up her jet-black hair with red ribbons”) but even more so as a result of her quiet dissatisfaction with the circle of relatives’s traditional gender inequity. Made up our minds to study reading and writing–even when it means long hours catching up on more wifely training–Ruby sooner or later comes to the attention of her grandfather, the wise house patriarch, who springs a surprise as the time for her to wed approaches.

Graceful Aussie illustrator Sophie Blackall captures the culture–contrasted by Ruby’s bright red defiance–expertly, with elegant calligraphy, muted period clothing, and countless nice details (from a porcelain bowl full of terrapins to ink smudges on Ruby’s cousins’ faces). And what is better, Bridges’s well-structured story is true–with a fun surprise ending! (Ages 4 to 8) –Paul Hughes

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