Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Lucky Broken Girl
by Ruth Behar
Ages: 9+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books/Penguin YR/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-399-54644-0
Keywords: Cuba, Diversity, Immigration, Family Life
After Ruthie's family flees Cuba for America in the 1960's, a car accident causes her to spend months in a body cast but friends and family help her cope.