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Author:

Bridges, Shirin Yim.

Title:

Ruby's wish / by Shirin Yim Bridges ; illustrated by Sophie Blackall.

Publisher:

Scholastic

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

[30] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Sex role--China--Juvenile fiction.
China--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.
China--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Education.

Other Authors:

Blackall, Sophie, ill.

Notes:

"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market"--P. [4] of cover. Originally published: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2002.

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.

ISBN:

043970958X (pbk.)
9780439709583 (pbk.)

Locations:

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

KQPC446 -- Winfield Public Library (Winfield)