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Lucky broken girl

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.

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Main Author: Behar, Ruth, 1956- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, [2017]
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Fractures > Juvenile fiction.
Family life > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Juvenile fiction.
Cuban Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors > Juvenile fiction.
Queens (New York, N.Y.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
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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.
Physical Description:243 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780399546440
0399546448
Author Notes:Ruth Behar (www.ruthbehar.com), an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction, received the 2018 Pura Belpré Author Award for Lucky Broken Girl , her first book for young readers. She was born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York City, and has also lived in Spain and Mexico. An anthropology professor at the University of Michigan, she is the author of The Vulnerable Observer: Anthropology That Breaks Your Heart , An Island Called Home: Returning to Jewish Cuba, and Traveling Heavy: A Memoir in between Journeys , and other books about her travels, as well as a bilingual book of poetry, Everything I Kept/Todo lo que guardé . Her honors include a MacArthur Fellows "Genius" Award, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and a Distinguished Alumna Award from Wesleyan University. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and travels frequently to Miami and Havana.

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