Acknowledgments

Many thanks to my husband, Greg, for making it possible for me to stay home and write; my daughter Grace, for being such an excellent sounding board and encourager; my mom, for not balking at how many titles I used to circle on the Scholastic book catalog in elementary school; and for all the family and friends who have encouraged me and made my life richer over the years.

Thanks also to Isaac Dehoyos for making the Spanish language passages sound right.