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Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything Hardback - 2006

by Lenore Look; Anne Wilsdorf (Illustrator)

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The inimitable heroine from "Ruby Lu, Brave and True" is back. When Ruby's cousin, Flying Duck, arrives from China to live with her, Ruby becomes her buddy. However, Flying Duck is deaf, and Ruby doesn't know Chinese Sign Language. Illustrations.

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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?

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  • Title Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything
  • Author Lenore Look; Anne Wilsdorf (Illustrator)
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition.
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2006-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9780689864605 / 0689864604
  • Weight 0.63 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.54 x 6.04 x 0.71 in (19.15 x 15.34 x 1.80 cm)
  • Age range 07 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 4
  • Reading level 560
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Chinese
    • Topical: Friendship
    • Topical: Physically Challenged
  • Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
  • Library of Congress subjects People with disabilities, Immigrants
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005014097
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/15/2006, Page 104
  • Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 05/01/2006, Page 410
  • Horn Book Magazine, 05/01/2006, Page 322
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2006, Page 329
  • Kirkus Review - Children, 03/01/2006, Page 234
  • School Library Journal, 07/01/2006, Page 82
  • SLJ's Best Books, 12/01/2006, Page 40

About the author

Lenore Look is the author of Ruby Lu, Brave and True, an ALA Notable Book, as well as its sequels, Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything and Ruby Lu, Star of the Show. Her picture books include Love as Strong as Ginger, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Stephen T. Johnson; Henry's First-Moon Birthday; and Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding, both illustrated by Yumi Heo. She lives in Hong Kong.

Anne Wilsdorf is the illustrator of Ruby Lu, Brave and True, as well as Alligator Sue by Sharon Arms Doucet. She lives in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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