One Green Apple

Name: One Green Apple
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Eve Bunting
ISBN: 9781501992797

Author: Eve Bunting

Narrator: Charlotte Parry

Unabridged: 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/23/2008

Categories: Children's Fiction

Synopsis

Farah is the new girl at school and the dupatta covering her head makes her just a little different from the other students. Because she hasn't learned the English language yet, she knows that some people might not be very friendly. On the second day of school, the class takes a field trip to an apple orchard. Farah sees that some of the children want to become friends with her on the hay ride. When it comes time to make the apple cider, however, other classmates protest as she drops the only green apple into a vat full of ripe red ones. Will Farah's apple ruin the cider? Winner of the Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers, Eve Bunting warmly conveys the feelings of a young Muslim girl who faces a new school in a new country. Farah's fears and joys are deftly expressed in a eloquent reading by narrator Charlotte Parry. "This poignant, attractive offering fills a growing need for picture books about contemporary immigrants of Arab descent."-Booklist, starred review "[A] gentle story about being new and different, with the author delivering her message in her classically subtle style."-Kirkus Reviews

About Eve Bunting

Eve Bunting has written more than two hundred books for young readers, including The Baby Shower, The Wedding, and Smoky Night, the winner of the 1995 Caldecott Medal. Her books are often about important social issues. Born in Ireland, she now lives in California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Marta

The problem with this book is its veiled ostracism. The story of a girl who finds a different apple than other children, which is received with dismay and surprise, ends with the girl's "blending in" with her immediate surroundings. Assimilation, however, very often leads to cultural effacement of t......more

Goodreads review by Hector

Beautiful book and story. This book reminded me of myself when I came to this country and I didn't know English, I can totally relate to Farrah, and I have like 5 foreign students that would be identified as well. Its a wonderful story, I would introduce this in class tp introduce immigration, diffe......more

Goodreads review by Cassidy

“One Green Apple” literary essay Name: Cassidy Neu People can be cruel especially to people who are different, like Farah. In the story “One Green Apple”, Farah has just moved to the United States, from a country that doesn’t speak English, so she has been bullied because she looks, sounds, and talks......more

Goodreads review by Leslie

One green apple is a childrens book about a young girl who ia new to a country and goes to s new school but she is very shy. She feels like the outcast in her new school but after a field trip to a apple picking she makes friends and gets rid of her shyness. I think this book is intended from grades......more

Goodreads review by Mississippi Library

Beautiful illustrations paired with beautiful text--you can't go wrong with this picture book aimed at 1-4 graders. It explores themes of isolation and belonging when Farah, the new girl at school who speaks no English, goes on a field trip with the rest of her class. Highly recommended.......more