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"Maria Emilia's life turns upside-down when she and her family immigrate from Argentina to the US. How can she make new friends when simply speaking English all day is exhausting? Luckily, she has the company of a stray dog in the neighborhood, who happens to look and act just like her beloved pet cat back home. Eventually, it turns out the pup isn't a stray after all--she belongs to Maria Emilia's new neighbor, Donovan. In order to spend more time with the dog (who totally isn't her reincarnated cat... right?) she agrees to sing in Donovan's band. But can Emilia find her new voice without losing herself?"--Provided by publisher.

"Mar?a Emilia's life turns upside-down when she and her family immigrate from Argentina to the US. How can she make new friends when simply speaking English all day is exhausting? Luckily, she has the company of a stray dog in the neighborhood, who happens to look and act just like her beloved pet cat back home. Eventually, it turns out the pup isn't a stray after all--she belongs to Mar?a Emilia's new neighbor, Donovan. In order to spend more time with the dog (who totally isn't her reincarnated cat... right?) she agrees to sing in Donovan's band. But can Emilia find her new voice without losing herself?"--Provided by publisher.

A friend and some very real fairy magic help twelve-year-old Minnie who is caring for her younger sisters, hiding that their mother is missing, and preparing for her school's production of Peter Pan.

In graphic novel format, Argentine American Lila Quintero Weaver describes her thoughts and experiences growing up in Alabama in the midst of the racial strife and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

In graphic novel format, Argentine American Lila Quintero Weaver describes her thoughts and experiences growing up in Alabama in the midst of the racial strife and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. But as Jude begins to fall for Emilio Vargas, she begins to wonder if her sisters were wrong.

"Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. But as Jude begins to fall for Emilio Vargas, she begins to wonder if her sisters were wrong"-- Provided by publisher.

Victoria Torres and her friend Eric Ortelli, who both grew up in Argentine-American families in Burbank, California, struggle to live up to their parent's expectations of what the American dream should be.