Christine Almeda

"Karen Brewer's imagination gets the best of her when she decides that her neighbor, Mrs. Porter--who has wild gray hair, wears black robes, and has a garden full of mysterious herbs--must be a witch."--

"Karen has new roller skates. She is a very good skater. She can even do tricks. But oh, no! Karen falls down and breaks her wrist! She has to go to the hospital and get a cast. Karen wants somebody famous to sign her cast. It isn't going to be easy-but Karen won't give up till she gets the job done!"--

"A forgotten homemade robot comes to life just when aspiring fifth-grade scientist Maya needs a friend--and a science fair project." --

"After recently moving to the United States, a young girl reminisces about her time spent helping her Lolo run his sari-sari store in the Philippines, and uses some of his wisdom to make herself feel more at home."--

"When Sarai's best friend suddenly moves away, Sarai has to navigate school- and the unfriendly girls in the cafeteria--all by herself. Then new girl Christina moves to town and the teacher volunteers Sarai to show her around. But Sarai thinks Christina is not at all like her-- she never wants to play at recess, she's always got her head in a notebook, and she's so shy! But when Christina writes Sarai a spoken-word poem for her to recite at the class...

"Karen contracts a severe case of sibling jealousy when her family adopts baby Emily and she is no longer the little sister, but she soon realizes that being someone's big sister can be just as much fun."--

"Cuando su mejor amiga se muda de repente, Saraí tiene que arreglárselas sola en la escuela y hacerle frente a las chicas antipáticas en la cafetería. Luego, una nueva estudiante, Cristina, llega a la escuela y la maestra le pide a Saraí que le sirva de guía. Saraí cree que la chica nueva y ella no se parecen en nada. Cristina nunca quiere jugar en el recreo, siempre tiene la cabeza metida en un cuaderno ¡y es muy callada! Pero cuando le escribe...