Garay, Luis

When Pedrito replaces, from his own earnings, money he has lost, his mother decides that he is finally big enough for some of his father's earnings to be used towards buying him a bicycle.

Forced to flee their village because of civil war in Latin America, Jos? and his mother struggle to create a new life for themselves in the United States.

Every morning, Francisco makes three wishes, that he will sell all his newspapers, that his baby brother will soon be born, and that the kite that hangs in a toy store will still be there, but Francisco's wishes never seem to come true until one lucky day.