One awkward little boy knows what to expect. Saturday afternoon everyone heads for the schoolyard for the usual ball game.…
But when the captains pick their teams, no one ever chooses him. So he heads out to right field to watch the dandelions grow. Then one day he learns just how important it is to be ready when your dreams come true. For grades K-3
Eleven vignettes set in central California feature young Mexican-Americans going about the business of growing up. Fausto, who longs for…
a guitar, fraudulently receives a hefty reward when he returns a stray pet to a wealthy neighbor, but he is guilt-ridden until he relinquishes the money in church. And Marie, who declines a boring family vacation, is angry that fun was had without her. For grades 5-8 and older readers