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Lucky Broken Girl

Lucky Broken Girl - Hardcover

by Ruth Behar
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ruth BeharAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2017-04-11Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Nancy Paulsen BooksISBN-13:9780399546440ISBN-10:399546448UPC:9780399546440Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Hispanic & Latino, Health & Daily Living, Social ThemesBook Topic:Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, Emotions & FeelingsAward:2018 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Author AwardSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCQTDYZ5VQ
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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Nancy Paulsen BooksISBN-13:9780399546440ISBN-10:399546448UPC:9780399546440Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Hispanic & Latino, Health & Daily Living, Social ThemesBook Topic:Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, Emotions & FeelingsAward:2018 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Author AwardSize:8.30 x 5.60 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.8003Product ID:SCQTDYZ5VQ
Ruth Behar (www.ruthbehar.com), an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction, received the 2018 Pura Belpr? 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 guard?. 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.
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books

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🏆 2018 Pura Belpre Award Winner - Author Award

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