When her abuelo is injured at the local landfill, second-grader Sofia is determined to transform the dangerous Mount Trashmore into a park, taking on City Hall in the process.

Max enjoys shopping at a variety of stores.

"After burning out in her corporate marketing career, Michelle Amato has built a thriving freelance business as a graphic designer. So what if her love life is nonexistent? She's perfectly fine being the black sheep of her marriage-obsessed Puerto Rican-Italian family. Besides, the only guy who ever made her want happily-ever-after disappeared thirteen years ago. Gabriel Aguilar left the Bronx at eighteen to escape his parents' demanding expectations,...

Baseball player José Mendez worries about his poor performance with the bat and fears disappointing his father, a former ballplayer with an outstanding batting average.

[English] Most of the time, Max's friend DeShawn lives with his dad. This weekend, he's staying with his mom, and he's asked Max to a sleepover![Spanish] DeShawn es un amigo de Max que vive con su papá. Esta semana visita a su mamá e invita a Max a quedarse a dormir.

"Alex is a bruja and the most powerful witch in her family. But she's hated magic ever since it made her father disappear into thin air. When a curse she performs to rid herself of magic backfires and her family vanishes, she must travel to Los Lagos, a land in-between as dark as Limbo and as strange as Wonderland, to get her family back." --

A school assignment has Pedro collecting bugs, bugs, and more bugs! But what happens when his brother Paco lets them all out? This easy-to-read chapter book is a fun addition for units on insects and includes a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

When it is time for his yearly check-up, Max goes to the doctor and gets very good news.

After Claudia is asked to be a junior bridesmaid for her cousin Laura, she goes online to find information about weddings. But after she arrives at Laura's house everything goes wrong, and Claudia wonders if she is going to bring bad luck to the wedding.

"Sofia is temporarily entrusted with Snowflake the class mouse--but he escapes, and she and her sisters must figure out a way to catch him." -- Provided by publisher.