Title: The kite
First published: 2002
Description: Young Francisco must deliver newspapers to earn money for his mother's growing family, but he dreams of buying the beautiful kite he sees in the marketplace, in a story of hope that rises above the difficulties of daily life in the barrio.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Hispanic American children, Kites, Responsibility, Brothers and sisters, Poor children, Fiction, Latin America, Children's fiction, Kites, fiction