Shirin Yim Bridges

Independent Reading Level: Grade 3-7
Honors/Awards: 2003 Amelia Bloomer Project/ALA Recommended Feminist Books for Youth;
2003 Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award;
2003 Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award;
Publishers Weekly, Best Children’s Books;
“Best Books of 2003,” Arne Nixon Center for Children’s Literature;
Bookbuilders West Certificate of Excellence

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Rubys Wish was a book that really interested me because it talks about a young girl who wants to break the stereotypical norms of not being able to go to college. We see rubys adventure and how she finally is the first girl to ever attend college.

picture book with history bonus at end.
GREAT!!