{"id":7845,"date":"1997-03-03T18:06:16","date_gmt":"1997-03-03T22:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7845"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:39:52","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:39:52","slug":"ribbons-by-laurence-yep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/ribbons-by-laurence-yep\/","title":{"rendered":"Ribbons by Laurence Yep [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Ribbons.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32971\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/1997\/03\/Ribbons.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbons\" width=\"316\" height=\"453\" \/><\/a>Ballet is the most important thing in 11-year-old Robin Lee\u2019s life. But her parents want to bring her grandmother to the U.S. from Hong Kong \u2013\u00a0an expensive venture. For Robin, that means no more ballet. When her grandmother arrives, Robin is resentful &#8230; until she realizes that she has more in common with her than she ever thought possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1996<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7009\" title=\"Ribbons\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/ribbons.jpg\" alt=\"Ribbons\" width=\"100\" height=\"167\" \/>Ballet is the most important thing in 11-year-old Robin Lee\u2019s life. But her parents want to bring her grandmother to the U.S. from Hong Kong \u2013 an expensive venture. For Robin, that means no more ballet. When her grandmother arrives, Robin is resentful &#8230; until she realizes that she has more in common with her than she ever thought possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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