Under the Mesquite Format:Hardcover Ida challenged the racist and

Ida challenged the racist and sexist norms of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through her writing and speaking

But when a hungry fox tries to attack the coop

soiled and sunned

the people who found her washed ashore as a child and use her for her gift as a Truthtongue

Ronak plans to get out of his impending political marriage by selling the Ivory Key to the highest bidder

Under the Mesquite Format:Hardcover Ida challenged the racist andLupita, a budding actor and poet in a close knit Mexican American immigrant family, comes of age as she struggles with adult responsibilities during her mother's long illness. As the oldest of eight siblings, Lupita is used to taking the lead and staying busy behind the scenes to help keep everyone together. But when she discovers Mami has been diagnosed with cancer, Lupita is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of her close