Traces the author's experiences as an illegal child immigrant, describing her father's violent alcoholism, her efforts to obtain a higher education, and the inspiration of Latina authors.
Describes the history, culture, daily life, food, people, sports, and points of interest in the seat of Los Angeles County, California, the second largest city in the United States.
Cousins Kate and Mike visit Kate's father, a baseball scout for the Dodgers, in Los Angeles just as a series of suspicious events lead him to think that someone is trying to steal his scouting reports.
Twelve-year-old vampire Ashlee Lambert moves to Los Angeles, and when her classmates at school are being attacked, Ashlee realizes she might not be the only vampire in town.
When Dana, a woman from the twentieth century, is brought back in time by her slave-owning ancestor, Rufus, when his life is endangered, she must save him in order to live out her own life in the future.
Naomi is thrilled with her new job and immediate raise at the local frozen yogurt store but she begins to be suspicious as she notices her boss's intense interest in her.
The three members of the Bad Guy Brotherhood buy a time machine to keep the younger Melvin from gaining his superhero powers, and Melvin and his sidekick Candace, disguised as pirates, travel back in time to stop them.
Los Angeles superhero Melvin Beederman and Candace, his partner in "uncrime, " find themselves on an adventure involving liquid bologna and country music after Melvin receives some mysterious, threatening e-mails.
