Title: Lucky broken girl /
Authors: Behar, Ruth, 1956-
Year: 2018
Subjects: 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 New York (State) New York Fiction.; Immigrants Fiction.; Cuban Americans Fiction.; Neighbors Fiction.; Cuban Americans.; Families; Fractures; Immigrants; Jews, Cuban.; Neighbors; Queens (New York, N.Y.) History Juvenile fiction.; Queens (New York, N.Y.) History Fiction.; New York (State) New York; New York (State) New York Queens; United States
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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.