One Green Apple
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.
