Armando's Treasure — Melody Carlson

HE HAD NOTHING TO LOSE.
HE HAD EVERYTHING TO LOSE.

When Armando Garcia wanders onto Dora Chase's property, he has no idea how his life will change. What could this twenty-year-old Hispanic man on the run from a troubled past possibly have in common with a lonely bitter old woman? And yet, as Armando's life intertwines with this feisty eighty-one-year-old widow's, he finds himself in the most unlikely friendship.

Armando begins to see that perhaps the freedom -- the treasure -- he is seeking is not so unique after all. Perhaps Dora is looking for the same thing.

And maybe they will each find something worth more than they ever imagined.