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Lucky broken girl / Ruth Behar.
Van Pelt Library PZ7.1.B447 Luc 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Behar, Ruth, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fractures--Juvenile fiction.
- Fractures.
- Immigrants--Juvenile fiction.
- Immigrants.
- Neighbors--Juvenile fiction.
- Neighbors.
- Cuban Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- Cuban Americans.
- Jews, Cuban--United States--Juvenile fiction.
- Jews, Cuban.
- Families--New York (State)--New York--Juvenile fiction.
- Families.
- Fractures--Fiction.
- Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
- Immigrants--Fiction.
- Cuban Americans--Fiction.
- Neighbors--Fiction.
- New York (State)--New York.
- United States.
- Pura Belpre Award.
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
- Queens (New York, N.Y.).
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- New York (State)--New York--Queens.
- Local Subjects:
- Pura Belpre Award.
- Genre:
- Pura Belpré Award, Author: Winner -- 2018.
- Historical fiction.
- Children's stories.
- Fiction.
- History.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2017]
- 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.
- Ruthie Mizrahi hasn't lived in America long, but it's finally starting to feel like home. In the months since she's arrived from Cuba, she's begun mastering English, has her first pair of go-go boots, and is her neighborhood's hopscotch queen. Then one night everything changes when Ruthie's in a car accident. Is she really going to have to lie in bed in a body cast for months? At first Ruthie feels like a baby in diapers again. But then some surprising things happen. All kinds of interesting people walk through her door, bringing stories and gifts that help make her feel less alone and afraid. Full of color and light, humor and hope, Ruth Behar's sparkling debut celebrates our beautifully diverse world and shows how friends, neighbors, books, and art can sweeten even the worst days. -- From dust jacket.
- Contents:
- Miss Hopscotch Queen of Queens. I am not dumb ; Go-go boots ; Stop crying 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 gold 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 Ruth remembers Ruthie.
- Notes:
- Pura Belpré Award, 2018
- Américas Award honorable mention, 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780399546440
- 0399546448
- OCLC:
- 953842931
- Publisher Number:
- 99987196948
- 40027928467
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