When life gets difficult for Ana Rosa, a twelve-year-old would-be writer living in a small village in the Dominican Republic, she can depend on her older brother to make her feel better–until the life-changing events on her thirteenth birthday.
- ISBN: 9780060282325
- Author: Joseph, Lynn
- Published: 2000 , HarperCollins
- Themes: Birthday, Self-esteem, self-respect, writer
- Descriptors: Dominican Republic, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction
- No. of pages: 144