Worried that Papa Espada cannot find a job, T?a Lola, Juanita, Miguel, and the "Sword" sisters decide to start a bed and breakfast at Colonel Charlebois's Vermont house.
When three girls and their father visit for a week in the summer, it takes T?a Lola to make Miguel forget his unhappiness at the absence of any boys and embrace the adventures that ensue.
Relates, in text and photographs, the experiences of an eleven-year-old girl who emigrated from the Dominican Republic at age seven, and describes the two worlds she lives in as an American trying to preserve her heritage.
After leaving the Dominican Republic to live with her brother in New York, fifteen-year-old Nina Perez looks for a way to acclimate herself in this new and strange world. She gradually finds the strength to discover her place in the world, but her new self-confidence is put to the test when she learns about the ugly truth behind her brother's business.
Tells the life story of baseball player Alex Rodriguez, describing his childhood in New York, his start in the major leagues at the age of eighteen, and his career challenges and highlights, including his four hundredth home run.
Presents the life and baseball career of Sammy Sosa, who, along with Mark McGwire, in 1998 broke the long-standing record of most home runs hit in a season.
Ten-year-old Miguel learns to love his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce.
