My Pal, Victor

Willow Run

Many Points of Me

No One Must Know: A Novel

Home Is East

Friend Or Flamingo? (Full House: Club Stephanie)

Bad Best Friend

Let's Party (Two of a Kind, No. 8)

A compelling coming-of-age novel set against the backdrop of a traditional quinceanera celebration.

Preparations for the traditional quinceanera celebration marking young Stephanie's fifteenth birthday serve as the backdrop for a traditional, Mexican-American family struggling with the problems of breaching the gap between male and female, young and old. The unexpected death of Stephanie's father, a loving but domineering and influential man who ran his business and his family with an equally firm hand, has cast a shadow over Stephanie's quinceanera party, which is supposed to mark her transition to womanhood. Rita, the young seamstress charged with designing Stephanie's gown, detects the girl's reluctance to go through with what she considers an outmoded tradition. Her efforts to convince Stephanie's Uncle Brian that the girl needs a compassionate friend more than a dress lead to a budding romance between the two.

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My Pal, Victor

Diane Gonzales Bertrand, 2004

Willow Run

Patricia Reilly Giff, 2005

Many Points of Me

Vesper Stamper, Caroline Gertler, Jesse Vilinsky, 2021

No One Must Know: A Novel

Eva Wiseman, 2004

Home Is East

Many Ly, 2005

Friend Or Flamingo? (Full House: Club Stephanie)

Wendy Haley, 1998

Bad Best Friend

Rachel Vail, 2020

Let's Party (Two of a Kind, No. 8)

Megan Stine, 1999