Phillippe Diederich: 2 books

Thirteen-year-old Boli and his friends are deep in the middle of a game of marbles. An older boy named Mosca has won the prized Devil's Fire marble. His pals are jealous and want to win it away from him. This is Izayoc, the place of tears, a small pueblo in a tiny valley west of Mexico City where...

A Cuban-American travels to Havana searching for a secret recipe where he finds love and the truth about his father.