One Green Apple


Description While on a school field trip to an orchard to make cider, a young Muslim immigrant gains self-confidence when the green apple she picks perfectly complements the other students' red apples. Her first-person narration gives the story authenticity, making readers privy to a newcomer's observations of another culture, her feelings of shyness and confusion, her frustration at her isolation, in part related to the language barrier, and her pride in gaining a measure of acceptance.
. Grade level: K - 6
Author: Bunting, Eve
Publisher: Clarion
Copyright: 2006
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Submitted By: Dave Reid
Categories: Geography -critical Immigration Language Issues Religious/ethnic oppression
Keywords: immigrants  English  language learners  cultural identity 
How this is Used: The teacher who uses this book reads it along with a set of half a dozen other books to focus on language differences and help students identify with issues related to speaking and/or learning a language other than Standard English.
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