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Part of series: Ruth Jefferson #.5
Key ideas from the book
- Ruth faces a major change as she begins third grade at Dalton after attending school in Harlem.
- The story examines how race and privilege affect Ruth’s experience at school.
- Ruth wonders whether her classmates and teachers recognize her beyond her skin color.
- Christina’s contrasting behavior around popular classmates and during play shapes Ruth’s understanding of their relationship.
- Ruth holds on to her dreams as she navigates between different social worlds.
About Shine by Jodi Picoult
In this ebook-original short story, Jodi Picoult introduces Ruth Brooks on her first day of third grade at Dalton, a prestigious school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The move from her former school in Harlem places Ruth in a very different environment, where she is the smartest girl in her grade but worries that classmates and teachers see her dark skin before they see her.
Ruth also notices that Christina, the daughter of her mother’s employer, treats her differently around popular classmates than she does when the two are playing together. Attentive to questions of race and privilege, “Shine” follows Ruth as she navigates these social contrasts while holding on to her own dreams. The story includes a preview of Picoult’s novel Small Great Things.
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