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Available
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AladdinPaperbacks (2007)
Description
After Ruby Lu's deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.
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LibraryThing member sckimmel
In this sequel to Ruby Lu, Brave and True, feisty, Asian-American Ruby Lu jumps from one hilarious episode to another with her cousin, Flying Duck who has just emigrated from China to live with her. Children will relate to her thoughts and feelings about notes (to parents) pinned to her shirt; and
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her absolutely hilarious reaction to the Basic Lifesaving video she manages to check out from the library (because her dad doesn’t check her selections like her mom does). Show Less
LibraryThing member meisbres
When her cousin Flying Duck emigrates from China, Ruby Lu becomes her smile buddy, but it turns out being a good buddy is harder than Ruby had thought it would be. Cute story but not as good as Alvin Ho.
LibraryThing member nathanmannn
Ruby Lu and her friends have a new fascination that has arrived in town. Her cousin Flying Duck had just to moved from China and brought with her the mysterious and knew game of mah-jongg, hyper action heroine doll “UtterPrincess”, and quirky fashion. Her cousin is also deaf from her eardrum
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busting and brings another perspective to Ruby and her friends. After a while Ruby realizes there are many different things about the way her immigrant cousin lives but that different isn’t bad. The story follows the girls and their friends through the ups and downs of the summer with mishaps at the pool and summer school eventually ending in friendship. Show Less
LibraryThing member sroslund
Ruby Lu's Chinese immigrant cousin, Flying Duck, has come to live with Ruby Lu and her family and has turned everything wonderfully up-side-down. With her has come her Cantonese-speaking parents, chopsticks, strange and unknown vegetables, and Chinese sign-language. Will Ruby Lu figure out how to
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juggle all this change - her new favorite relative, scary swimming lessons, bummer summer school and special new "stray" friend? First through third grade readers will have a great time finding out as the make their way through Lenore Look's whacky sequel, "Ruby Lu, Empress of the Everything." Look's language shifts frequently from the easy-to-understand to challenging in this transitional chapter book interspersed with Anne Wilsdorf's fun, sketchy illustrations that give readers just enough visualization to capture the spirit of this crazy, energetic second-grade protagonist. In a world like Ruby Lu's, with so much change, readers will be faced with many of their own early-grade concerns - from "aquaphobia" during beginner swim lessons to "getting busted" in school and having to bring home shirt-pinned notes from displeased teachers. Though scattered, the plot manages to get through the big twists and turns, but at times the story seems disoriented - the language feels a bit condescending in places. The book could have benefited from a more focused, clever attempt to pull it all together and young readers (who know when they're being spoken down to) would appreciated it, too. Recommended for ages 7-8. Show Less
LibraryThing member bnlmoore
A chapter book about family. Ruby Lu spends the summer with her deaf cousin. Ruby Lu is challenged with adjusting to her new family. They go through adventures at the swimming pool and at summer school. Their friendship goes through high and low points. We follow these girls’ learning and growing
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with each other. Show Less
LibraryThing member jennybeast
Appealing story about what Ruby does when her cousin Flying Duck's family immigrates to the US and moves in with Ruby. Flying Duck is deaf, and knows Chinese sign language, so Ruby becomes a Smile Buddy at school to help her adjust. It's a charming kid hijinks kind of story, but I found some of the
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narrative choppy. It felt like it leaps from adventure to adventure with very little transition. Show Less