Manuela "Mani" Semilla wants two things: to get her period, and to thwart her mom's plan of taking her to Guatemala. Mani can't imagine leaving behind Las Nerdas, her band of misfit friends, for the summer. But after she finds letters written between her mother and her disappeared-journalist aunt, Mani's idea of what it means to be a woman takes flight. Reading the letters reveals both the beauty of Guatemala and its history of violence against women,...

To protect a young climate activist scheduled to speak at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly, the City Spies arrive in New York where they have an exciting adventure in, around and even under the greatest city in the world.

It seems like everything in Mortimer's life is changing for the worse. After his much-loved dog dies, he can't bring himself to carry on with his dog-walking business; there's a strange new girl who's moved into the house next door; and suddenly there's a buzzing feeling of anxiety in his head when he's faced with something new. Townsend Heights, used to feel like the most comfortable place in the world. But lately, it seems like there's uncertainty...

Twelve-year-old Korean American Emma uses her fickle witchy powers to keep her best friend's parents together so they do not move away.

"To save the Clarktown Community Center, which houses her parents' Chinese school, Lily and her fellow students must master a traditional Chinese dance in time for the center's first showcase and receive some unexpected help from her rival, Max Zhang"--

Even though clues point to the contrary, a dragon reassures the reader that there are no actual dragons in the book.