Diane Gonzales Bertrand

Romance blossoms when student teacher Kaylene finds that the handsome Alex, a friend from her past, is a football coach at her new school, but she fears that his busy schedule will not let him spend any time with her.

Product Description: To be thirteen is worthless, Trino Olivares thinks. Trino has three little brothers he's supposed to look after, but no father he can look up to. He rules at video games, but in the classroom, and out in the real world, he's barely getting by-just like his mom, who scarcely manages to pay the bills and feed her kids by working all the time. Trino gets angry when he looks around at his terrible life. But when Rosca, an older teen...

Javier Avila knows tenth grade is going to be exciting, even if everyone says sophomore year is so dull even the teachers get bored. Sophomores are nobodies, according to the upperclassmen, but suddenly-and against his will-Javier finds himself front and center as the anchorman for the school's brand-new televised announcements. At first Javier is sure the Media Broadcasting elective on his schedule is a mistake. He's spent his whole life trying to...

Jessie Medina is a dedicated career woman, and she has found a cause worthy of her attention. She decides to leave her corporate job and save a place a little closer to her heart: St. Joseph's High School. She knows the job of School Development Director will not be easy, and she expects a certain amount of resistance given the fact that she is a woman working for a boy's school, and she is a staff member full of projects in a school that seems to...

Everybody loves a birthday party, and there's a lot to enjoy at Papa Luis' fiesta! The children excitedly count the candy that will fill the pinata. The nieces bring the candles for the birthday cake that Mama Marta baked. Family and friends begin to arrive, and soon, they surprise Papa Luis with his special celebration. Told in lively verse, this cumulative tale builds from one page to the next as popular children's book author Diane Gonzales Bertrand...

"In this celebration of friendship, best friends Cecilia and Miguel forgive mistakes, share adventures, and--sometimes--even become family"--

A reluctant participant in the González family reunion, Daniel has some pleasant surprises and discovers the meaning of family.

A big rainstorm and a power failure during a Fourth of July picnic in honor of Uncle Chente cause a change in plans, resulting in a very special family gathering.

Third-grader Sofía wants to wear a beautiful, hand-me-down dress to her cousin Rosario's quinceañera, but first she will have to lose some weight by exercising and eating healthier foods, with help from her mother and sister.

A beautiful old-fashioned doll, long neglected on a toy store's shelves, becomes the last special doll given to a Mexican American girl when she celebrates her fifteenth birthday.