Lucky Broken Girl

Winner of the 2018 Pura Belpre Award! ΓÇ£A book for anyone mending from childhood wounds.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöSandra Cisneros,author of The House on Mango Street In this unforgettable multicultural coming-of-age narrativeΓÇöbased on the authorΓÇÖs childhood in the 1960sΓÇöa young Cuban-Jewish immigrant girl is adjusting to her new life in New York City when her American dream is suddenly derailed. RuthieΓÇÖs plight will intrigue readersand her powerful story of strength and resiliencefull of colorlightand poignancywill stay with them for a long time. Ruthie Mizrahi and her family recently emigrated from CastroΓÇÖs Cuba to New York City. Just when sheΓÇÖs finally beginning to gain confidence in her mastery of EnglishΓÇöand enjoying her reign as her neighborhoodΓÇÖs hopscotch queenΓÇöa horrific car accident leaves her in a body cast and confined her to her bed for a long recovery. As RuthieΓÇÖs world shrinks because of her inability to moveher powers of observation and her heart grow larger and she comes to understand how fragile life ishow vulnerable we all are as human beingsand how friendsneighborsand the power of the arts can sweeten even the worst of times.