miami (fla.)

Carmen is turning fifteen and her friends Sarita, Alicia, Jamie, and Gaz plan to throw her a quinceanera; but when the group decides to join a reality show competition, Carmen feels like her party is becoming less important.

Tells the story of Arturo, who is looking forward to a relaxing summer until Carmen, a cute and funny girl moves into his apartment complex and while he deals with his stomach turning into a deep fryer over a girl, a smarmy land developer rolls into town and threatens to change it.

In Miami, Florida, seeking her younger sister, sixteen-year-old Ashline Wilde, a Polynesian volcano goddess, joins forces with other reincarnated deities, but trickster Colt's diabolical plans threaten them all.

"Enlisting a reformed Mateo's help when her brother begins slipping into gang life, Grace tries to convince herself that she is not going to have her heart broken again in the face of difficult sacrifices."--OCLC.

"Going from golden child to black sheep is a bitter pill for Bianca to swallow. Fortunately she has her Latin lover Ceasar to show her the unconditional love she craves. New to Virginia, Caesar doesn't know much about Bianca, but his love never wavers-- until the one secret she didn't tell him is exposed. Forced back to Miami, Bianca gets to know Caesar's estranged family-- and she's bent on becoming a boss in her own right"--OCLC.

Thirteen-year-old Amy is spending a miserable two weeks on a tiny Irish island with feuding relatives when she and her seventeen-year-old Aunt Clover, with whom she writes an advice column, get sent to Miami, Florida.

Tells the story of Arturo, who is looking forward to a relaxing summer until Carmen, a cute and funny girl moves into his apartment complex and while he deals with his stomach turning into a deep fryer over a girl, a smarmy land developer rolls into town and threatens to change it.

Since her mother died, twelve-year-old Lily has struggled to care for her severely autistic half-brother, Adam, in their Miami home, but she is frustrated and angry because her oncologist step-father, Don, expects her to devote her time to Adam, and is unwilling to admit that Adam needs professional help--but when Adam bonds with a young dolphin with cancer Lily is confronted with another dilemma: her family or the dolphin's freedom.

Maddy Marshall's life is forever changed after the bombing of Pearl Harbor when all the young men she grew up with, including her fiance, enlist in the Army and set off to fight in the war, leaving her behind with only a photograph to remind her of those she loves.

Waking up in the hospital seriously injured, Giselle reflects on her past choices to evaluate how her friends, her family, and especially her identical twin have defined her existence.