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: Children's fiction,  Family life, fiction,  New york (n.y.), fiction,  Immigrants, fiction,  Neighbors, fiction,  Juvenile,  award:Pura_Belpre_award,  lexile:670,  lexile_range:601-700,  age:min:10,  age:max:11,  grade:min:5,  grade:max:6,  Fractures,  Juvenile fiction,  Immigrants,  Neighbors,  Cuban Americans,  Cuban Jews,  Families,  History,  Fiction,  Family life