Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything (Ruby Lu #2)

by Lenore Look (Author) Anne Wilsdorf (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: Ruby Lu
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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School Library Journal

Starred Review
Gr 1-3 Ruby Lu takes her role as Smile Buddy to her deaf cousin, Flying Duck, so seriously that her work suffers, dooming the second grader to a vacation marred by summer school and a repeat of last year -s swimming lessons. She is also dealing with the ups and downs of her relationship with her sometimes-best-friend, Emma. In the first two chapters, Ruby Lu -s feelings about her cousin -s arrival from China fluctuate from loving to disliking to accepting. Simple sentence structure, clear but varied word choice, and attention-grabbing transitions create a smooth chapter book that is suitable for early and reluctant readers. Black-and-white cartoon drawings add emotion, characterization, and humor, showing, for example, the exaggerated water-safety gear that the feuding Ruby Lu and Emma wear in the waist-deep pool before learning to swim. Pleased with accomplishing all 7 goals on her 12-step summer plan, Ruby Lu realizes too late that she has forgotten her summer reading, leaving readers anticipating another book fresh with third-grade misadventures. With exuberant impulsivity yet earnest introspection, Ruby Lu invites readers into a contemporary world that honors differences while ultimately celebrating universal moments of childhood -friendship, school, and self-realization." -Julie R. Ranelli, Kent Island Branch Library, Stevensville, MD" Copyright 2006 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Lenore Look
Lenore Look is the author of the popular Alvin Ho series, as well as the Ruby Lu series. She has also written several acclaimed picture books, including Henry's First-Moon Birthday, Uncle Peter's Amazing Chinese Wedding, and Brush of the Gods. Lenore lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.

LeUyen Pham is the award-winning and critically acclaimed illustrator of more than one hundred books for children. Her picture books include Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris, named a Caldecott Honor Book, as well as Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio and the Vampirina Ballerina series by Anne Marie Pace. She is also the illustrator of Princess in Black, the New York Times-bestselling middle grade series by Shannon and Dean Hale, and the co-creator, along with Shannon Hale, of the New York Times-bestselling graphic memoirs Real Friends and Best Friends. Her most recent author-illustrator book, Outside, Inside, is a recollection of our year in lockdown.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780689864605
Lexile Measure
560
Guided Reading Level
N
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date
April 01, 2006
Series
Ruby Lu
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV011020 - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Asian American
JUV013070 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | Siblings
JUV045000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Chapter Books
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Immigrants
People with disabilities
Deaf
Chinese Americans
Delaware Diamonds Award
Nominee 2007 - 2008
Land of Enchantment Book Award
Nominee 2008 - 2009
Monarch Award
Nominee 2010 - 2010
Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens
Recommended 2007 - 2007
Gryphon Award
Honor Book 2007 - 2007

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