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This tribute to fall festivals—Mid-Autumn Festival and Sukkot—celebrates family, multicultural heritage, and the bounty of the season.
It’s time for Ruby and her family to celebrate two extra-special harvest holidays. For the Mid-Autumn Festival, she and Nainai pick out fruit, nuts, and red chrysanthemums from the store. And with Zayde, Ruby buys a lulav and etrog from the market for Sukkot.
But something is missing to truly combine these two celebrations. Can Ruby figure out the perfect way to blend the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival?
Written by Christina Matula & Erica Lyons, and beautifully illustrated by Tracy Subisak.
Kirkus , SLJ, and PW starred reviews!
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The Holly-Mei Middle-Grade Series
Follow twelve-year-old Holly-Mei Jones, a field hockey-loving seventh-grader, in her adventures as she moves across the world to Hong Kong.
The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei (Book 1)
Join Holly-Mei on her journey as she leaves her home and beloved Ah-ma in Toronto and tries to find her place in a new world of private school, frenemies, and expectations when her mother gets a high-flying job in Hong Kong.
This book has been chosen as a Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Book of the Year (2023 Edition) and a 2022 Freeman Award Book of Note.
The Not-So-Perfect Plan (Book 2)
The next adventure sees Holly-Mei and her friends compete in an all-city sports tournament. Although Holly-Mei tries hard to keep her faults in check, some new insecurities surface, and her competitive nature comes to the forefront. But will her push to win push her friends away?
The-Not-So-Simple Question (Book 3) Out Now!
This book sees Holly-Mei contemplate her mixed Taiwanese heritage when she and her friends go on an Experience Week trip to Taiwan. When someone at school asks, “You’re only half?” it sets off a myriad of questions in her mind. Holly-Mei also faces peer pressure to date, something she’s definitely not ready for!
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