Ruby Rubenstein owns and works at a produce stand in the city selling fruits and vegetables. He is a married aging man with a wife. He gets up every morning to arrange the stock and converse with the community. He is loved and respected within the town. Sun Ho is a boy who greatly admires the work of Ruby, and watches the work of Ruby. Ruby starts to feel old and wonders if he and his wife should move away and sell the stand due to age and health. Sun Ho takes over the stand when Ruby became ill, and even Sun Ho's father helped. The community joined together and worked to help. Ruby and his wife finally decide it is time to move away, and Sun Ho now becomes a "Fruit and Vegetable Man". It is a little sad, but it is realistic. I enjoy the sense of community within the book bridges cultures within a community. This author seems to use the common theme of helping and loving your neighbors. ( )