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Look, Lenore.
RUBY LU, BRAVE AND TRUE
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2004
IL K-3, RL 2.7
ISBN 0689849079
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 Ruby, an eight-year-old, has lots of exciting adventures with her younger brother, Oscar, including the time she put him in his car seat and drove the two of them to Chinese school. They were fine until Ruby parked in the principal’s space and Dad called the police to report the stolen car and two missing children.  (Jean B. Bellavance for Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards, 2006-2007)
SUBJECTS:     Chinese Americans -- Fiction.
                        Neighborhood -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.
                        Family life -- Fiction.
                        Schools -- Fiction.
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