cuban american families

Dominguita helps Mr. Fuentes by taking his food order for his granddaughter Leni's upcoming quincea?era to the butcher shop. But when the order goes missing, Dom steps in to investigate. She and her friends Pancho and Steph uncover evil plans of the Bublassi brothers to ruin Leni's day. The three friends vow to stop the brothers and save Leni's party.

"Going to school for the first time, Little Antonio, whose relatives call him by different names, gets a bit of culture shock, in this picture book about being proud of your heritage and the things that make you unique"--OCLC.

"All Dominguita wants to do is read. Especially the books in Spanish that Abuela gave to her just before she moved away. They were classics that Abuela and Dominguita read together, classics her abuela brought with her all the way from Cuba when she was a young girl. It helps Dominguita feel like Abuela's still there with her. One of her favorites, Don Quixote, tells of a brave knight errant who tries to do good deeds. Dominguita decides that she, too, will become a knight and do good deeds around her community, creating a grand adventure for her to share with her abuela. And when the class bully tells Dominguita that girls can't be knights, Dom is determined to prove him wrong. With a team of new friends, can Dominguita learn how to be the hero of her own story?"--Provided by publisher.

"The spirit of Marisol, who vanished during the Cuban Revolution, visits her nephew, Ramon, in modern-day New Jersey, and her presence prompts him to investigate the story of his ancestor, unaware of the forces driving him on his search"--Provided by publisher.

Tristan Granados is sent to Tampa, Florida, to resolve his grandfather's estate, but finds his plans undermined by his Latino cousins, who try to connive him out of his inheritance.

Two Cuban sisters--one a master electrician in Havana, the other a successful cosmetics saleswoman in Miami--are reunited after a thirty-year separation and learn the truth behind their mother's tragic death at the hands of their father years earlier.

Interviews, excerpts from diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, profiles of famous individuals, and pictures from family albums portray the Cuban-American experience.

Thirteen-year-old Bella tries to keep the tradition of lectors going in her Cuban-American community when workers clash with the owners of the cigar factory putting the jobs of lectors in jeopardy.

Hector Santinio, the son of Cuban immigrants, grows up in New York City in the 1950s, struggling to understand his cultural identity and to come to terms with his high-living father.