One Green Apple

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Title: One Green Apple (https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/one-green-apple-eve-bunting/1007385854#/)

Author: Eve Bunting

Illustrator: Ted Lewin

Publication date: 2006

ISBN number: 9780618434770

Genre: Fiction

Approximate interest level: Grade 1-4

Approximate text level: Grade 2-3

Narrative annotation: This book is about a girl who is a Muslim immigrant named Farah. She feels like an outcast and struggles to understand the English language. This is her journey in overcoming her struggles and finding acceptance.

Selected Purpose: This book can expose students to understand hardships and emotions that immigrants face in a new country. Bringing awareness in the classroom and allowing students to feel empathy. Some students may not understand the feeling of understanding a new language, so this book can help them gain insight of what other students may be going through.

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