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Lucky broken girl, Ruth Behar

eng

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novels

Lucky broken girl

994368114

Ruth Behar

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

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

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