First Apple
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ISBN: 0140378235 / Publisher: Puffin Books, January 1996
Describes the quest of a nine-year-old girl living in 1940s China to buy a precious apple for her grandmother's birthday
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"Ying's approach to life reminds me of a Chinese Ramona."--Children's LiteratureYing knows the perfect birthday present for her grandmother--a shiny, crunchy red apple. But they live in Hong Kong, where apples are "rich people's fruit". Ying has the perfect plan to earn the money--if she can keep out of the school bully's way.
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