![]() ![]() Injuries to Mami, Papi, Ruthie’s brother Isaac (Izzie), and Ruthie’s grandmother Baba are minor, but Ruthie sustains a badly broken leg that requires surgery and a week’s stay in the hospital.Ī doctor named Friendlich treats Ruthie and decides to place her in a body cast to prevent one leg from growing at a faster rate than the other. A young man, driving without permission and after drinking, loses control of his vehicle it crosses the center barricade and hits the car in front of the Mizrahis, which then crashes into them. On the first day the family takes the car on a drive to visit friends, they are victims of a terrible accident. ![]() He purchases an automobile with a loan from the bank. Papi wants to take advantage of all the opportunities in America. ![]() Ruthie’s grandparents, as well as her Aunt Sylvia and Uncle Bill, live in the same building other relatives and friends who also emigrated from Cuba live in different parts of New York. Mami tends the apartment and cooks meals while Papi works two jobs. Ruthie works hard at school, learns English, and enjoys playing hopscotch after school with Danielle, a girl her age from Belgium. She and her family recently emigrated there from Cuba, leaving behind Fidel Castro’s communist rule. Ten-year-old immigrant Ruth Mizrahi lives in Queens, a borough of New York City, in 1966. ![]()
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