Lucky broken girl / Ruth Behar.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, New York : Puffin Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2017Description: 257 pages ; 20 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780399546440
- 9780399546457
- 0399546456
- 1900-1999
- 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
- Cuban Americans
- Families
- Fractures
- Immigrants
- Jews, Cuban
- Neighbors
- Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York -- Queens
- United States
- [Fic] 23
- PZ7.1.B447 Luc 2018
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Paperback | Ayers Fiction | FIC BEH (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 408266 |
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.