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A review by saidtheraina
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar
4.0
Have you ever had an experience that totally changed the course of your life? Ruth thought that her life was already off-course. But then, she got terrible news.
One of my middle school Pizza & Paperbacks kids recommended this to me, so I decided to add it to my 2018 Middle School booktalk line-up.
Ruth breaks her leg, and her doctor decides that she needs a cast that covers not only her broken leg, but also her other leg (because she's still growing), and her torso. I doubt this would be the treatment now, but this was several decades ago.
The story is based on the author's life.
It's engagingly written. And I loved the fact that Ruth is Jewish, and from Cuba. That realistic intersectionality is good to see in our fiction for kids.
It wasn't a super-big-hit of my booktalks, but I think the cover is good enough that the right kids will find it.
One of my middle school Pizza & Paperbacks kids recommended this to me, so I decided to add it to my 2018 Middle School booktalk line-up.
Ruth breaks her leg, and her doctor decides that she needs a cast that covers not only her broken leg, but also her other leg (because she's still growing), and her torso. I doubt this would be the treatment now, but this was several decades ago.
The story is based on the author's life.
It's engagingly written. And I loved the fact that Ruth is Jewish, and from Cuba. That realistic intersectionality is good to see in our fiction for kids.
It wasn't a super-big-hit of my booktalks, but I think the cover is good enough that the right kids will find it.