miami (fla.)

When Carter Diamon, the leader of The Cartel, which controls eighty percent of the Miami cocaine industry, dies, his illegitimate son, Carter Jones, takes his place and starts sleeping with the enemy--Miamor, the leader of The Murder Mamas, who wants to take down The Cartel.

After appearing on the reality show "Miami Divas, " Maya Morgan is offered her own television show, but stepping up to the fame means spilling secrets about her friends, and someone will do anything to shut her up.

Moving with his unbearable sister to Miami, Florida, Jack tries to break some of his bad habits but finds himself irresistibly drawn to things disgusting, gross, and weird.

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.

Jamie, Carmen, and Alicia, friends and partners in Amigas Inc., a quincean?era party planning business, are faced with important decisions as they approach graduation about their business, their boyfriends, and their futures, and must decide if they have time to squeeze in a job for a renowned young Latina whose identity has to remain secret.

Alicia, Carmen, Jamie, and Gaz are hired by Binky Mortimer, a spoiled, rich, and bubbly girl intent on having the biggest and best Quincean?ra in Miami, but Binky's high demands and expectations wear on the girls from Amigas Inc. and Jamie questions a potential relationship with Binky's brother, Dash. Includes a brief interview with Jennifer Lopez.

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.