Dear Abuelo

There is much Juana is going to miss as she moves from Mexico to New York, but nothing more than her abuelo. Through letters, she details her flight, new apartment, first days of school where everyone speaks a language she barely understands, and the incident where her teacher mispronounces her name. When Juana makes her first friend—a girl named Elizabeth who speaks English and Spanish—things begin to change. Elizabeth explains to the teacher how to pronounce Juana’s name and the school librarian shows her books in Spanish, leading her to want to one day write her own—in both Spanish and English.