Kidnapped when she was very young by an unscrupulous man who has forced her to lie and beg to get money, a twelve-year-old Mayan girl endures an abusive life, always wishing she could return to the parents she can hardly remember.

Una mágica historia de una niña de Guatemala a la que le encataba cocinar tortitas de maíz y contar estrellas cada noche. A story of a Guatemalan girl named Juanita, who loved cooking maize tortillas and counting stars every night.

"For fans of Donna Barba Higuera's Lupe Wong Won't Dance and Aida Salazar's The Moon Within, comes Mani Semilla Finds Her Quetzal Voice -- a contemporary middle grade novel full of spunk and activist heart. Manuela Mani Semilla wants two things: to get her period, and to thwart her mom's plan of taking her to Guatemala, a place that has always been more of a mystery than an answer. Mani can't imagine leaving behind Las Nerdas, her band of misfit friends,...

Introduce your little readers to Antigua, a charming city in the Central American country of Guatemala. Children will stroll through cobblestone streets as they admire picturesque buildings under the gaze of three volcanoes.

"La travesía llena de peligros, resiliencia, dolor y esperanza de tres adolescentes guatemaltecos que cruzan la frontera entre México y Estado Unidos. En este impresionante retrato de tres vidas injustamente destrozadas, basado en hechos reales, Jenny Torres Sanchez resalta el sacrificio de los migrantes en la frontera sur a través de una narración vívida y conmovedora."-- Pulga has his dreams. Chico has his grief. Pequeña has her pride. And...