guatemalan americans

After her mother accepts a job as the star of an international dance tour and will be gone for the summer, fourteen-year-old Almudena learns she'll be spending her summer with her father Xavier, a man she's never met. Moving into a dilapidated brownstone, Almudena learns Xavier only speaks Spanish and that she's expected to help him renovate the brownstone into apartments for others in their neighborhood. Though their relationship starts out rocky, Almudena slowly gets to know her father and others in the Latino neighborhood he lives in and comes to terms with where she fits into the mix.

After volunteering at the animal shelter, Lola is convinced she needs a pet of her own. But her parents aren't so sure. Lola is determined to get a pet in time for the shelter's upcoming pet walk. She can't go empty-handed! When her teacher announces a lesson on persuasive letters, Lola is sure she's found a solution. Can Lola convince her parents she's ready for a pet in time for the pet walk?.

"Guatemalan-American high school senior Millie Vargas struggles to balance her family's needs with her own ambitions, especially after her mother's employer, a Senate candidate, uses Millie as a poster child for 'deserving' immigrants"--.

Lola is excited when Abuelita and Lola's cousin Luis come to visit from Guatemala. The fun doubles when Lola and Luis discover that they both have a wiggly tooth! Lola is looking forward to a treat from the Tooth Fairy, but Luis is worried. How will el Raton--the Guatemalan mouse who brings money for lost teeth--find him in Texas?.

Lola and her family celebrate the Day of the Dead with a traditional Guatemalan dish that originated at a graveyard.

Jaime, twelve, and Angela, fifteen, discover what it means to be living as undocumented immigrants in the United States, while news from home gets increasingly worse.

"Eleven-year-old injured soccer player Luz has a hard enough time reframing her identity as a computer programmer, but when her Guatemalan half-sister moves in, she learns what it truly means to start over. Includes author's note"--OCLC.

Lola is anxious starting a new school in the middle of the school year, but her grandmother's advice helps her overcome her first day of school and adjust to the new school.

Lola is taking ballet classes and is excited to dance at the Swan Lake recital until she learns that she will be a background chicken instead of a graceful swan.

When Lola cracks a mirror, she is not worried at first, but when one unlucky thing after another happens, Lola slowly becomes convinced she is cursed.