Summary
"For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children-- Alex, now fifteen, and Luna, six-- in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit of wetlands near the bay. But now Letty's parents are returning to Mexico, and Letty... Full description
Summary: |
"For fourteen years, Letty Espinosa has worked three jobs around San Francisco to make ends meet while her mother raised her children-- Alex, now fifteen, and Luna, six-- in their tiny apartment on a forgotten spit of wetlands near the bay. But now Letty's parents are returning to Mexico, and Letty must step up and become a mother for the first time in her life. Navigating this new terrain is challenging for Letty, especially as Luna desperately misses her grandparents and Alex, who is falling in love with a classmate, is unwilling to give his mother a chance. Letty comes up with a plan to help the family escape the dangerous neighborhood and heartbreaking injustice that have marked their lives, but one wrong move could jeopardize everything she's worked for and her family's fragile hopes for the future"--Publisher's description. |
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Physical Description: |
299 pages ; 25 cm |
ISBN: |
9780553392319 (hardcover) 055339231X (hardcover) |
Author Notes: |
Vanessa Diffenbaugh was born in 1978 in San Francisco, California. She studied creative writing and education at Stanford University and later went on to teach writing and art to school age children. She is the author of The Language of Flowers and A Victorian Flower Dictionary. (Bowker Author Biography) |