Title: Lucky broken girl
Description: 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.
Subjects: Fractures, Cuban Americans, Families, Juvenile fiction, Immigrants, Family life, Fiction, Neighbors, History, Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, New york (n.y.), fiction, Immigrants, fiction, Neighbors, fiction, Cuban Jews, JUVENILE FICTION, People & Places, Hispanic & Latino, Health & Daily Living, Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries, Social Issues, Emotions & Feelings
Places: New York (State), New York, Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Time periods: 20th century