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Lucky broken girl / Ruth Behar.

By: Behar, Ruth, 1956- [author.].
Puffin Books, 2018 New York, New York, USADescription: 257 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780399546457.Subject(s): Fractures -- Juvenile fiction | Immigrants -- Juvenile fiction | Neighbors -- Juvenile fiction | Cuban Americans -- Juvenile fiction | Jews, Cuban -- United States -- Juvenile fiction | Families -- New York (State) -- New York -- Juvenile fiction | Fractures -- Fiction | Family life -- Fiction | Immigrants -- Fiction | Cuban Americans -- Fiction | Neighbors -- Fiction | Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction | Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionDDC classification: 808.83 B39
Contents:
Miss Hopscotch Queen of Queens. I am not dumb -- Go-go boots -- Stop cruing about Cuba -- Poco a poco -- Papi's blue Oldsmobile -- Lucky -- My Bed Is My Island. A baby in diapers again -- Get Well -- A teacher all to myself -- If Mami stops taking care of me -- They come to see the little piggy in the barn -- A flashlight and Nancy Drew to the rescue -- A Stone in My Heart. Help me not to hate -- Sky everywhere -- A sadder story -- Chicho comes from Mexico -- Frida, the guardian angel of wounded artists -- Applause, applause -- Birthday wish -- Please take care of these Muchachitos in the next world -- A white rose in July or January -- Resting on the Point of a Star. One golde lamé sandal -- My royal typewriter -- The snowman -- The shell is inside me now -- Welcome back to the world -- If Your Dreams Are Small, They Can Get Lost. True friend -- I get to shine in the smart class -- You can't hug the wall forever -- The broken girl says thank you -- A new Ruthie -- Author's note : the grown-up Ruthie remembers Ruthie.
Awards: Pura Belpre Award.Summary: In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.Other editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: Behar, Ruth, 1956- Lucky broken girl
Item type Current location Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Fiction High School Library
Fiction Section 		GC Fic 808.83 B39 2018 (Browse shelf) Available JHS000536

First published in the United States of America by Nancy Paulsen Books in 2017.

Miss Hopscotch Queen of Queens. I am not dumb -- Go-go boots -- Stop cruing about Cuba -- Poco a poco -- Papi's blue Oldsmobile -- Lucky -- My Bed Is My Island. A baby in diapers again -- Get Well -- A teacher all to myself -- If Mami stops taking care of me -- They come to see the little piggy in the barn -- A flashlight and Nancy Drew to the rescue -- A Stone in My Heart. Help me not to hate -- Sky everywhere -- A sadder story -- Chicho comes from Mexico -- Frida, the guardian angel of wounded artists -- Applause, applause -- Birthday wish -- Please take care of these Muchachitos in the next world -- A white rose in July or January -- Resting on the Point of a Star. One golde lamé sandal -- My royal typewriter -- The snowman -- The shell is inside me now -- Welcome back to the world -- If Your Dreams Are Small, They Can Get Lost. True friend -- I get to shine in the smart class -- You can't hug the wall forever -- The broken girl says thank you -- A new Ruthie -- Author's note : the grown-up Ruthie remembers Ruthie.

In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.

Junior High School English

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Pura Belpre Award.

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