Call Me Consuelo by Ofelia Dumas Lachtman
	List Price:   $9.95 Unit Price:   $7.96 You Save:   $1.99 (20%) ISBN-10:   1558851879 ISBN-13:   9781558851870 Publisher:   Arte Publico Press, Pinata Books Category:   Spanish Books Pub. Date:   January 1997 Pages:   152 Format:   Trade Paper Ages:   8 to 12 Grades:   3 to 9
Awards
1999  Massachusetts Children's Book Award  Nominee/Honoree
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
After suddenly being orphaned, twelve-year-old Consuelo reluctantly moves in with her American grandmother while hoping to return soon to her Mexican American family. Consuelo, a recent arrival in Los Angeles, becomes involved in finding the criminals who are committing mysterious local robberies. Intrigue and danger weave a web around young Consuelo as she is thrust into a new life in unfamiliar surroundings and a real life mystery that begs to be resolved.