Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendship

From an NYT bestselling author comes the first in an illustrated middle grade series about a Panamanian American girl who uses humor and a little mischief to navigate her best friend moving away and her sister’s overbearing and all-consuming quince preparations. Flora Violeta LeFevre, aka Flora "la Fresca" -so called because she tells it like it is, occasionally to her parents| chagrin can always count on her best friend Clara Ocampo Londra to turn anything-from a day at the skate park to dreaded Saturday Spanish school ­into an exciting adventure. But amidst Flora|s personal nightmare that is her sister Maylin|s never-ending dress try-ons and dance practices for her upcoming quinceañera, news breaks that Clara|s moving, and Flora doesn|t know how she|ll survive without her. The girls quickly roll up their sleeves and use their larger-than-life imaginations to make the most of each passing day together. But things get complicated when Clara moves and starts making new friends, an unlikely alliance blossoms between Flora and a new student, and preparations for Maylin|s quince take a disastrous -but hilarious turn.