hispanic american children

Now that it is summer Victoria Torres and her friends have all signed up to play co-ed softball in their town's league, but soon things start to go wrong--her father is the coach of her team (the Chihuahuas), her friend Jenny is on a rival team, and worst of all her nemesis, bossy Annelise, is her teammate and competitor for the position of pitcher.

Sofia and her cousins are making a pi?nata for their grandmother's birthday party, but when Bella the cat gets involved chaos ensues.

Victoria Torres is the fifth chair out of nine flutes in her middle school band, so when the director asks for someone to play the new piccolo, Victoria sees it as her chance to stand out, but her best friend Bea has also volunteered, and their friendship may not survive the competition when they audition for the part.

When her blind dog slips his collar, twelve-year old Lily meets Salma Santiago, a young Hispanic girl whose migrant family are in Maine for the blueberry-picking season, and, based partly on their mutual love of dogs, the two forge a friendship while painting bee boxes for Lily's grandfather--but as the Blueberry Queen pageant approaches Lily and Selma are confronted with some of the hard truths of prejudice and migrant life.

Victoria Torres is not the best math student, so when her older sister, Sofia, captain of their middle school math team, co-opts her to fill in for a team member who quit Vicka is not sure how to feel--she would certainly like to help the team win the conference trophy, but first she must get Sophia to see that it is her aggressive bossiness that is alienating the other team members.

"Jacinta Ju?rez's famous new mentor sweeps her away from the diapers and dishes of her own boring life into a world of new experiences. But crossing 'la l?nea' into Miss's world is scary..."--Publisher.

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.

Victoria would like to play Juliet in her class's production of Romeo and Juliet, (especially since her crush, Drew, is cast as Romeo) but her friend Julia gets the part, and she resigns herself to the part of Friar Laurence--but bossy Annelise's jealousy threatens to sabotage the whole performance.

Sofia's family does not want to hear her singing anymore, so she must find the appropiate place to use her new superstar-sing box machine.