From an NYT bestselling author comes the first in an illustrated
middle grade series about a Panamanian American girl who uses humor and
a little mischief to navigate her best friend moving away and her
sister's overbearing and all-consuming quince preparations.
Given the choice of a friend who's honest, loyal, or the Most Fun Ever,
larger-than-life Flora Violeta LeFevre and her steadfast sidekick Clara
Bayano would obviously pick option three. So when the sad news breaks
that Clara's moving, the girls roll up their sleeves and get to
business: finding Flora an exciting new BFF to continue the adventures
in Clara's stead. In between Flora's sister Maylin's neverending dress
try-ons and dance practices for her upcoming quinceañera, Flora and
Clara come up with a list of all the important traits that Flora's next
buddy has to have, like being able to code, speaking (or at least trying
to learn) another language, and making jaws drop at the skate park. But
when newcomer Zaidee Khal surpasses Flora's expectations in surprising
ways, Flora realizes that replacing one friend with another isn't quite
as simple as it seems. . . . Especially as Clara starts making new
friends of her own and preparations for Maylin's quince take a
disastrous (but hilarious) turn.
