"Jessica and her mom, Camila, must live in their cousins' crowded apartment until Camila finds work making holiday decorations and they can afford their own place. Isolated on the playground and baffled in class, unable to understand her teacher's instructions, Jessica is intensely homesick. But little by little, things get better. She begins to learn English, and she loves the cats she and her mom care for to earn extra money. Left behind by traveling owners, the cats make the best of their situation, inspiring Jessica to do the same."-- Amazon
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life
Content: Bi/multilingual, Diverse Family
Settings: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Latin America and the Caribbean, New York, Northern America, United States of America
Ethnicity: Dominican, Puerto Rican
Immigration: Immigrant/Migrant
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman
Race/Culture: Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary