During the dark days of the Great Depression, eleven year old Evelina Lopez leaves Puerto Rico to live with an aunt in New York City. Evelina learns that one person can make a difference as she adjusts to life in her new home.

• ISBN: 9780811472203
• Published: 1993 , Raintree Steck-Vaughn
• Themes: Activism, Great Depression, Puerto Rican in New York, Social conditions
• Descriptors: Biography - Autobiography- Memoir, Primary (ages 6-9), United States
• No. of pages: 56