Lucky Broken Girl
by Ruth Behar
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
Year Published 2017
Word Count 49,919
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 670L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 188393
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Health
- History
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- Immigrants
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino
- Social life and customs
- Fractures
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions &
- Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- Cuban Americans--Fiction
- New York
- JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Di
- New York (State)
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)
- Family life--New York (State)--New York--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Neighbors--Fiction
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Family life
- Neighbors
- Fractures--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Diseases, Illnesses & Injuries
- Immigrants--Fiction
- Cuban Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical | General
- Families
- Queens (New York, N.Y.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United S
- JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Emotions & Feelings
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with Ruth Behar about Lucky Broken Girl
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Ruth Behar
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Ruth Behar “Surrendering to the Story: Writing LUCKY BROKEN GIRL”
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Story Map Customizable Lesson
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About the Author 4
Author Interviews 12
Meet-the-Author Recording with Ruth Behar
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TeachingBooks Guest Blogger: Ruth Behar “Surrendering to the Story: Writing LUCKY BROKEN GIRL”
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Belpré Author Award Acceptance Speech, 2018, given by Ruth Behar
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Interview with Ruth Behar
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Interview with Ruth Behar
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Interview with Ruth Behar
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Interview with Ruth Behar
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Interview with Ruth Behar
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Story Map Customizable Lesson
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Educator's Guide from Penguin Publishing Group USA
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Teaching Ideas from Latinxs in Kid Lit
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Ruth Behar
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Ruth Behar
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 5
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2019
Author Winner, 2018
Américas Award, 1993-2019
Honor, 2018
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2019
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2018
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2019
Commended, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
City Selection, 2017
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