"Sof?a quiere que el complea?os de su abuela sea muy especial. Con la ayuda de sus primos, arma el plan perfecto. Pero un ayudante sin invitaci?n podr?a arruinar la sorpresa."--cubierta de libro.
The Martinez family is headed for a weekend at the beach, along with their friends, but Sofia has packed so many games that she does not have room for clothes.
When a freak spring blizzard buries Starwood Park, Freddie works with Mr. Vaslov to clear the sidewalks using a new invention--Zapato Power snowshoes, but not even the snow can stop a thief from causing trouble in the neighborhood.
Freddie finds a mysterious package outside his apartment containing sneakers that allow him to run faster than a train, and inspire him to perform heroic deeds.
A very unusual squirrel is spotted in and around Starwood Elementary School, and when Freddie uses his Zapato Power to chase it, he finds more than one opportunity to be a hero.
When Tuyet finds out that her Vietnamese family is having duck rather than turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, she is upset until she finds out that other children in her class did not eat turkey either.
Sofia is on a mission to make a family time capsule and the whole family contributes pictures and special items. Abuela even writes a letter to each of her grandchildren to be opened in fifteen years, but Sofia cannot wait fifteen years to find out what that letter says.
Sofia has brand new white shoes for family friend Liliana's quinceanera, but when she gets grape juice on them her mother makes her wear them anyway, even though they no longer match her white dress.
In this compilation of three separately published books, Sofia Martinez, her sisters, and her cousins cope with the everyday problems of a happy Hispanic American family.
