Under the Mesquite

In which book do the children go hungry and only have their free lunch meals at school?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 124

In which book do a group of boys go fishing and come home with a feast that is cooked at midnight?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 128

In which book does a mother frightened by thinking she has seen the ghost of death?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 152

In which book do 8 children lose their mother to cancer?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 171

In which book does a girl finally come to terms with her mother's death by watching her writing pages get blown away by the wind?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 195

In which book is a girl faced with having to deal with a dying mother?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 20

In which book does a girl become a writer?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 207

In which book is a Lupita told she cannot go play with her friends because she has to stay and play with her sisters?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 42

In which book is a girl trying to get rid of her accent so that she can become an actress?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 67

In which book is a girl told that being Mexican means being there for each other, familia?

Under the Mesquite, pg. 83