When we lived in Cuba, I was smart. But when we got to Queens, in New York City, in the United States ..

Mama holds out the pink. Mama loves pink. But Asiya shakes her head. I know why. Behind the counter is the brightest ..

Some people have eyes like sapphire lagoons with lashes like lace trim on ballgowns, sweeping their cheeks ..

Anjali stopped. Inside the cow shed, Nandini was pacing back and forth, knocking her head against the short ..

“That is a really big geode,” marveled Hank, his nose touching the glass tabletop. “And ..

I hate using the word disappeared. Mama didn’t just disappear into thin air. She was taken. Abducted. ..

I loved you before I met you. Before I held you in my arms, I sang you down from the stars. As I searched ..

Every Tuesday night (even after her daughter had a rather difficult and very complicated day), Penelope’s ..

Lilly smoothed on cold cream, then squeezed a bit of buff colored cream from a tube and covered her face ..

Rebecca paid her five cents and giggled her way through the darkened maze. She bumped into black walls ..

“What kind of wagon is that?” Addy asked? “It’s a streetcar,” Sarah explained. ..

“You all go home early for a change,” said Teacher Yun. “Let us teachers take care ..

Every night before I go to bed, Mama combs my hair. I sit between her knees, resting my elbows on her thighs, ..

Spring 1945 Small clusters of pale green needles emerged from the old weathered pine tree in out front ..

I look at myself in my bedroom mirror–the mirror with little pink ballet shoes painted around it, which ..

My papi has a motorcycle. From him I’ve learned words like carburetor and crino, drill and dedication. ..

Peter looked into his sister Susie’s room. His mother was fussing around the cradle. “That’s ..

To Karina’s right, a woman in a black long-sleeve shirt signs everything Karina says. This is the first ..

Papa cleared his throat. “Last I checked” he said,” there was exactly seven cakes sittin’ ..

Hey, want to come over to my house tomorrow?” Dakota asked her friends. I’ll have to check ..

But to my brother, Jackie Jr. and David, and me, the best parts were our new friends Candy, Willie, and Christy- ..