Tras escribir más de cincuenta historias falsas en un afamado periódico neoyorquino, Tom Valle (acusado formalmente de estos cargos, y repudiado por el editor que no fue capaz de advertir sus mentiras) trabaja duramente un pequeño periódico californiano. Los cumpleaños de los ancianos de la comunidad y las inauguraciones de centros comerciales conforman la materia prima de sus noticias. Pero uno de estos sucesos insignificantes le va a dar la...

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.

High school senior Frank Li takes a risk to go after a girl his parents would never approve of, but his plans will leave him wondering if he ever really understood love--or himself--at all.