La narradora de Cartas a mi mamá es una joven afro-cubana que, a raíz de la muerte de su madre, se ve en la necesidad de vivir con su tía y sus primos. Ahora que depende de ellos y de su buena voluntad, las burlas sobre el color oscuro de su piel y los reproches sobre su comportamiento -incluyendo su decisión de no alizarse el pelo- la hieren profundamente.

During the most difficult summer of her life, Ellen finally begins the search for her birth mother. The results are surprising, moving and often very funny, turning life at the Fremedon household upside down.

Eleven-year-old Primrose learns more about herself and what her future will be in this humorous and tender novel, a Newbery Honor Book.

A tender and moving story of love and resilience.

The story of a young Chinese girl arriving in North America only to discover that her father has died building the railway, and how she finds a way through her grief.

By turns uproarious and intensely sad, Linnea's story brings both her inner and outer worlds vividly to life for young readers, portraying the confusion, irony and humiliations of being a smart teen in an often ridiculous world.

A sophisticated, beautiful and original graphic novel about a young boy's reaction to his father's death.

This book, which draws its story from Eric Valli's Oscar-nominated film about the Himalayan Dolpopo people, is illustrated by a painting made by Lama Tenzing Norbu.

Hold Fast is the widely acclaimed story of Michael's struggle to survive in a new environment and his fight against those who stand as threats to his pride in himself and his way of life.

By writing letters to her dead mother, a young Afro-Cuban girl slowly begins to find a world outside her difficult family. This powerful novel is about terrible loss and about the healing power of love and respect.