Everybody is fighting in sixth-grader Maximilian's world as his elderly aunts battle for the Queen Bingo trophy, his masked uncles wrestle for the tag-team title of the world, and his sweetheart and the "new girl" battle for Max's heart.

A retelling in English and Spanish of fifteen traditional tales from a variety of Latin American countries.

Short stories based on Mexican and Mexican-American folklore depict the encounters of traditional and contemporary people with a variety of scary creatures.

Ten-year-old Jimena loves El Salvador but when gangs threaten to force her to join, she and her mother immigrate to the United States, but are separated at the border.