The pies were fake, but my grandparents didn’t know that. Not at first, anyway. My mother had invited ..
I have two lives. One that is Indian, one that is not. I have two best friends. One who is Indian, one who is not. ..
They never call me over the intercom at school. But I can tell by the way the secretary is saying my name ..
I stared at the glossy image. Six-year-old toothless me holding Mom’s hand as white waves broke ..
A Siamese cat crouched on a tree branch, peering down at Gaby with brilliant blue eyes. It cried out. ..
“Why can’t we just call her Aunt Lola?” Miguel asks his mother. Tomorrow their aunt ..
A SOFT MEMORY I don’t remember the mountain where I was born or the place where I first crawled. ..
She came home from school today. Skipping and dancing. Humming a song under her breath. Clutching a dream ..
Before being terminated, I was Indian. Now I certainly don’t mean I was killed off or anything. ..
Crowded in the corner of where Fruitless Mountain and the Jade River met was a village that was a shade ..
SOMETIMES PARENTS ARE creative when they punish you. Maybe making you squeeze into the same shirt as the little ..
CHAPTER ONE Our new house smells like lemons. Mom says it’s because the previous owners cleaned ..
Dear Mama, Amil says we have to go through our secret path every day. It’s too risky to walk on the street ..
Imperial Valley, California March 1965 REMOLINO I sometimes think about how I lost my voice. I could ..
So Anansi went walking, walking, walking through the forest until he came to Lion’s house. Lion ..
Join Lola as she learns what it means to be a big sister, in the third installment in the loveable Lola ..
How does your garden grow? Book-loving Lola is inspired by a collection of garden poems that she reads ..
Gloria is best friends with Julian and his little brother Huey, and she has as much to say as they do. There’s ..
My choir robe hangs from the top of my bedroom door, stretching like a white river almost to the doorknob. ..
We switch places. “I skin the chicken. I strip the membrane. I slice the sausage.” “You ..
Our school wraps around a hundred-year-old oak tree. Through shady branches, we watch summer leaves change ..
Today is going to be amazing. I’ve never actually made flan before, but I know it will be great. ..
I’m gonna like me when I jump out of bed, from my giant big toe to the braids on my head. I’m ..
