2021
First Published
4.12
Average Rating
96
Number of Pages
Part of Series
Maritza is Bolivian on her mother’s side, Mexican on her father’s side, and 100 percent American soccer player. She dreams of playing for the U.S. women’s soccer team and even coaching it one day. Her teammate Violeta has those dreams too, but she worries she may never reach them because her family immigrated to the United States from El Salvador and may be sent back there. Maritza believes that families belong together, and with her new friends Makena and Evette by her side, she makes a plan to help. Can Maritza find the courage to lead with her heart? The book includes a glossary of Spanish words, profiles of two young Latina changemakers, and reader questions to spark conversation.
Avg Rating
4.12
Number of Ratings
68
5 STARS
44%
4 STARS
29%
3 STARS
22%
2 STARS
3%
1 STARS
1%
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Author
Angela Cervantes
Author · 9 books
Angela is an award-winning author whose debut book, Gaby, Lost and Found, was named Best Youth Chapter book by the International Latino Book Awards and a Bank Street College of Education’s Best Books (2014). Angela’s second novel, Allie, First At Last (Scholastic Press; 2017) garnered a starred review from Kirkus. Angela's next MG novel, Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring will be released 3/27/18.
