quincea?era (social custom)

"Eighteen-year-old Carmen takes on a summer internship that has her reuniting with estranged family for an over-the-top quincea?era, reluctantly reconnecting to a long-lost ex-boyfriend, and finding happiness in the chaos"--Provided by publisher.

Alicia takes it upon herself to organize a massive celebration for Sarita's quincea?era, and soon finds that the job is too overwhelming.

Hoping to celebrate her quincea?era abroad instead of having a traditional party, Fabiola clashes with a mean-spirited rival and resolves to put the girl and her squad of friends to shame with the biggest quince the town has ever seen.

Explores a Latina girl's coming of age ceremony, discussing the origins and cultural importance of a quinceanera and providing insight into the financial and social implications of a quince party.

Dora and her friend, Boots the monkey, set out through the farm and the rainforest to deliver the special shoes and crown for her cousin Daisy's quinceanera.

On the evening before Magdalena's 15th birthday, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Forced to leave her house, she finds a new family with her uncle and gay cousin.

Explores the relationship between mothers and daughters and revolves around a quincea?era, one of the most important days in a young girl's life.

When seamstress Rita Navarro makes a quincea?era dress for fourteen-year-old Stefanie, she finds herself becoming involved with the girl's family and attracted to Stefanie's uncle.

While Eva and her family prepare for her quincea?era, no one is paying attention to her younger sister, but when the dog gets out of the laundry room and steals Eva's sash, her little sister comes to the rescue.

Shortly before her fifteenth birthday, Destiny Lozada's traditional Puerto Rican mother and feminist older sister hijack her quincea?era, each pushing her own agenda and ignoring the possibility that Destiny, a skateboarding tomboy, might have her own ideas about the coming-of-age ritual she is about to participate in.