
For fans of Matt de la Pe?a and Sandra Cisneros comes a novel about family and identity, where Violet Paz prepares for her quincea?ero and learns about her Cuban heritage. Violet Paz has just turned fifteen, a pivotal birthday in the eyes of her Cuban grandmother...




The 2001 winner of the Delacorte Press Prize for a First Young Adult Novel tells the story of a girl who while preparing for her 15th year celebration--her quince--probes into her Cuban roots and unwittingly unleashes a hotbed of conflicted feelings about Cuba within her family...


Violet Paz has just turned fifteen, a pivotal birthday in the eyes of her Cuban grandmother. Fifteen is the age when a girl enters womanhood, traditionally celebrating the occasion with a quincea ero. But while Violet is half Cuban, she's also half Polish, and more importantly,...

Violet Paz has just turned fifteen, a pivotal birthday in the eyes of her Cuban grandmother. Fifteen is the age when a girl enters womanhood, traditionally celebrating the occasion with a quincea ero. But while Violet is half Cuban, she's also half Polish, and more importantly,...