First apple
By: by Ching Yeung Russell ; illustrated by Christopher Zhong-Yuan Zhang.
Contributors: Zhang, Christopher Zhong-Yuan.
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Gifts -- Juvenile fiction; Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction; China -- Social conditions -- 1912-1949 -- Juvenile fiction
Genres: Juvenile fiction.
Description: The story of nine-year-old Ying's determination to buy her grandmother an expensive and exotic birthday gift--an apple. Neither Ying nor her grandmother have ever tasted an apple, and Ying plans to save half of it for her own enjoyment. The story develops as Ying meets with one problem after another trying to earn enough money so that she can secretly purchase the apple. She must deal with an obstinate cousin, a hateful classmate, and an indifferent shopkeeper. Grandmother's birthday comes and goes without the gift, yet Ying still perseveres.