Lupe Ruiz-Flores

"During the Great Depression, Ernestine Guerrero's family didn't have much. The true story of a resourceful Mexican American teen who made a remarkable gift to thank President Roosevelt for the food aid that helped them survive!"--

A young girl wants to fly a kite, but her family cannot afford to buy one, so her father helps her make a kite of her own.

Lupita is excited about dancing La Raspa, a Mexican folk dance, with her first-grade class at a celebration of Children's Day, El D©Ưa de los Ni©łos, but just before the performance her partner, Ernesto, sprains his ankle.