num_pages: 128
description: Award-winning picture-book author Tony Johnston presents the poignant story of a loving Mexican-American family in East L.A. in her first novel for young readers. Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are too poor. An area of freeway chases and drive-bys and death. But there's another L.A., one where warmth and humor and humanity pervade. Where a tacqueria sign "One cause, one people, one taco." This L.A. is a place where random acts of generosity and goodwill improve the lives of the community. Any Small Goodness is a novel filled with hope, love, and warmth.
language: English
title: Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio
titlecomplete: Any Small Goodness: A Novel of the Barrio
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, School, Realistic Fiction, Young Adult, Childrens, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Cultural
ratings_count: 579
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: John and Patricia Beatty Award, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Judy Lopez Memorial Award for Children's Literature, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award
publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks