In this English-Spanish bilingual story by the award-winning author of A Movie in My Pillow, a girl misses her friends, family and garden after she moves from El Salvador to San Francisco.
Artist Carl Angel\'s authentic and brilliant artwork splendidly documents this quintessentially American immigration story..
Basing his narrative on real-life events, prize-winning poet Jorge Argueta has crafted a tender, poetic, and moving story about a family\'s determination to set down roots and about their child\'s blooming among friends and neighbors.
But it is not until the family decides to start a nursery in its backyard that Xochitl begins to learn the true value of community in their adopted country.
Selling flowers on the street soon provides more than income for the Flores family: they begin to make friends with local storeowners and neighbors.
Xochitl mourns a lovely garden and her family\'s small flower business, all left behind.
Miles away from their home in El Salvador, Xochitl (SOH-cheel) and her family make a new home in the United States, but nothing is the same.
IPPY Award, Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Bilingual English/Spanish.
In this English-Spanish bilingual story by the award-winning author of A Movie in My Pillow, a girl misses her friends, family and garden after she moves from El Salvador to San Francisco
