Frank Carlson Library

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.

Gabriela Rivera is a sixth-grader with a serious peanut allergy, lots of artistic talent, one friend at her school, and a total lack of self-confidence--but when she meets Daisy, the owner and baker at Daisy's Desserts, who makes allergy free treats, she finally starts to gain some confidence in her own considerable abilities.

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.

Sofia's Abuela is taking her and Sophia's cousin Hector to the movies, but when Hector develops hiccups, their movie plans are put on hold until the children get their hiccup problem under control.

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 worse of all her nemesis, bossy Annelise, is her teammate and competitor for the position of pitcher.

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.

Stella D�iaz wants to be friends with the new boy in class, but sometimes she accidentally speaks Spanish instead of English and pronounces words wrong, which makes her turn roja. In addition, she has to get over her fear of speaking in front of the class.

To escape the noise of her boisterous t©Øias, Martina imagines a peaceful island where she plays quietly with a little mouse, but when she wants to tell of her adventure, she realizes there is no one around--that is until she hears her t©Øias in the next ro

"En su primera novela de grado medio, la galardonada autora e ilustradora de libros ilustrados, Angela Domínguez, cuenta una conmovedora historia basada en sus propias experiencias al crecer como mexicoamericana. Stella Diaz adora los animales marinos, especialmente su pez Betta, Pancho. Pero Stella Diaz no es un pez Betta. A los peces Betta les gusta estar solos, mientras que a Stella le encanta pasar tiempo con su madre y su hermano y su mejor...