My mouth was also watering at the list of tasty treats available at May’s bakery.
I’ve never been to San Francisco, but Li does such a beautiful job painting a picture of the setting with words that I hope to visit someday. Kids are incredible, and Ruby and Liam are definitely proof of that! It can be such a challenging age, but as adults, we have a huge opportunity and responsibility to recognize their growing independence, their ingenuity, their empathy, etc. As a middle school teacher, I see daily how misunderstood kids are by the adults around them. Follow along long enough and you will find that books where the kid(s) gets it right and the adults get it wrong are my favorites. I just finished Ruby Lost and Found by, and I adored it. What I really think: I always enjoy a book with close bonds with grandparents, and think this book will be popular with readers who liked Messner's The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z, Sumner's Roll with It, Camiccia's The Memory Keeper, Yee's Maizy Chen's Last Chance. There were also some currents of Ruby feeling that she was a disappointment to her parents that could have been fleshed out, but then the book would have been too long! I'm a big fan of friend drama, but almost with that it had been left out. Weaknesses: There was so much going on with the bakery and Nai-Nai that we didn't get to really fully investigate Ruby's problems with Naomi and Mia. Luckily, Schneider's Bakery seems to still be going strong. My town recently lost it's local Yogi's Hoagis (which must have housed an ice cream shop back in the day) to a Dunkin' Donuts shop, and feelings ran pretty high about that. Businesses don't last forever, as we also saw in Chao's When You Wish Upon a Lantern and Boba Time for Pearl Li. I liked the positive depiction of the senior center, and the inclusion of a bakery that has fallen on hard time. It was very realistic that Ruby's parents didn't want to leave her home alone after she got into some trouble, and it made perfect sense for her to go and stay with her grandmother. Strengths: Having been to San Francisco in 1989, I definitely think that it would be a great city for a scavenger hunt, especially having read Bertman's The Book Scavenger as well! This had a great setting, and lots of opportunities to get out into the city to see the sights. Will Ruby be able to keep her world from changing, or will she be able to adapt to it when it does? Ruby goes with her, and they do get a chance to see some of the city's sites that held a special place in Nai-Nai's memory.
When she finally tells her parents about Nai-Nai's problems, they want to have her see a doctor, but Nai-Nai interprets this as them trying to lock her up, and decides to run away. In flashbacks to past summers, we see some of the scavenger hunts that Ye-Ye put together, and Ruby longs for the time that they spent together and feels guilty about what happened the day he died. Even more concerning is Nai-Nai's increasing memory lapses. Ruby is also upset that May's bakery may go out of business, and looks into ways to save it, including applying for the Legacy Business Registry and getting grants. There's a boy, Liam, who comes with his own grandmother, but Ruby is struggling with so much friend drama in her own life that she ignores the fact that he is lonely, and rebuffs his frienship. Nai-Nai has a good network of friends, which include May, who used to run the popular local bakery that is now operated by her daughter Annie, as well as the somewhat mean Auntie Lin. Since her parents are running a start up energy company, they don't want to have Ruby at home alone, and also have concerns about Nai-Nai, so Ruby gets to spend the summer hanging out with her grandmother and going to the local community center. She's also still mourning the loss of her beloved Ye-Ye (grandfather), which has been made harder since her Nai-Nai (grandmother) left San Francisco's Chinatown after the funeral and hasn't been in contact. She got into some trouble at school, and isn't doing as well academically as her older sister Viv. The information you have given me now will be kept on our file.Ruby is having a hard time now that seventh grade is out for the summer. I have enclosed a request for additional information form and please provide the details. (In case additional information is required about the lost item) I have personally checked our Lost and Found log and the security locker. Regretfully the item mentioned on your correspondence email / mail mentioned as being lost, has not been turned into our Lost and Found Department. In addition to this, all such guest enquires should be recorded and filed on the lost and found response file. Below you can find sample format of standard response for guest enquiry related to lost items.
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