Thirteen-year-old Lizzie relates, through a victim statement, her harrowing journey through the Adirondacks seeking her disabled friend, Matias, who was kidnapped by escaped convicts.

In this story based on the author's childhood, a young Salvadoran immigrant is teased for having two last names until he presents his family tree project celebrating his heritage.

Francisco extraña a su pueblo en El Salvador, y especialmente volar una cometa con sus amigos, pero Mamá no puede permitirse el lujo de comprar una cometa, por lo que reúne a los materiales alrededor de su edificio de apartamentos descartado y hace su propia, lo que llama la atención del dueño de una tienda y conduce a un proyecto maravilloso. Francisco misses his village in El Salvador, and especially flying a kite with his friends, but Mamá...