House on Mango Street
What is different about Ruthie?
what was different about ruthie
what was different about ruthie
The children admire Ruthie because she "is the only grown up we know who likes to play." Ruthie finds her own private joy in life, as "she doesn't need anybody to laugh with, she just laughs."
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