"Drawing on his own experience as a child refugee from Cuba, Flores-Galbis offers a gripping historical novel about children who were evacuated from Cuba to the U.S. during Operation Pedro Pan in 1961.
Meet Arturo and his spirited family as they integrate themselves into a tough L.A. neighborhood.
"These simple, free-verse selections skillfully capture that which is commonplace and transforms it into something mesmerizing and lovely.
"At 2 a.m., Roelito wakes up to a furious quarrel between his older brother, Beto, 18, and Dad over a broken curfew. When Dad tells Beto to leave, he does, and his best friend, Jessy, helps him find shelter for the night.
Product Description: Gary Soto writes that when he was five "what I knew best was at ground level." In this lively collection of short essays, Soto takes his reader to a ground-level perspective, recreating in vivid detail the sights, sounds, smells, a
Eloy loves his grandmother, who is dying of cancer, because she alone makes him feel special. If he can make a 17-mile walk to the shrine of the Santauria de Chimayo on Good Friday, surely she will not die.
Product Description: It all starts when Marisa picks up the wrong cell phone. When she returns it to Rene, she feels curiously drawn to him. But Marisa and Rene aren't exactly a match made in heaven.
Product Description: After a tragedy separates her from her mother, Juana García leaves her small town in Mexico to find her father, who left his family two years earlier to find work in America and rise above the oppressive poverty of his country.
"This book continues the life story that Santiago began in When I Was Puerto Rican. After her family's arrival in New York City, Santiago faced the difficult process of assimilation.
Product Description: For fifteen-year-old Mariana Ruiz, it's not so much an unexpected vacation as a literal "guilt trip" — her father's way of atoning for ignoring his Puerto Rican roots.