Stanley Yelnats has terrible luck because of a curse traced back to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. After being unjustly convicted of stealing a pair of athletic shoes, he is sent to a detention center, Camp Green Lake.
Ivy and Bean are as different as night and day and are sure they could never be friends. But they find out that they share a love of adventure after Bean plays a trick on her sister, Nancy, and Ivy comes to the rescue. The first in a series of books about the experiences the girls share.
Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico - she'd always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers.
