Lucky Broken Girl (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780399546440)

Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award

"A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds."--Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street

In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrative--based on the author's childhood in the 1960s--a young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. Ruthie's plight will intrigue readers, and her powerful story of strength and resilience, full of color, light, and poignancy, will stay with them for a long time.

Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from Castro's Cuba to New York City. Just when she's finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of English--and enjoying her reign as her neighborhood's hopscotch queen--a horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As Ruthie's world shrinks because of her inability to move, her powers of observation and her heart grow larger and she comes to understand how fragile life is, how vulnerable we all are as human beings, and how friends, neighbors, and the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.

Author: Ruth Behar
ISBN-10: 0399546448
ISBN-13: 9780399546440
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 188393 / Lucky Broken Girl

Award: Pura Belpre Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
School Library Journal 01/01/2017 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 02/06/2017
Booklist 02/15/2017 pg. 80
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2017 pg. 92
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2017
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2017 - Recommended - Readable
Shelf Awareness 04/14/2017
Horn Book Magazine 07/01/2017 pg. 125
Shelf Awareness 12/19/2017
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2017 pg. 79 - Superior,Well Above Average