# Lucky Broken Girl - Hardcover

by **Ruth Behar** (Author)

**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.

### Author Biography

**Ruth Behar** (www.ruthbehar.com), an acclaimed author of fiction and nonfiction, received the 2018 Pura Belpré 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 guardé_. 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.

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 1 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN

**Publication Date:** April 11, 2017

**Award:** Pura Belpre Award (2018)

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Lucky Broken Girl

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.2

**Point Value:** 7

## Details

- **Price:** 17.99 USD
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- **Type:** Books
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