Contrasts the two worlds of an eight-year-old Dominican American girl who lives in New York City but speaks Spanish as her native language and frequently returns to her island home.

Related: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)

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• ISBN: 9780395587041
• Authors: Cooper, Martha; Gordon, Ginger
• Illustrator: Cooper, Martha
• Published: 1993, Clarion Books
• Themes: Culture, custom, diversity, Emigration and immigration, Family, friends, holidays, Language, New York City, social life
• Descriptors: Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Nonfiction, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32