Look Both Ways in the Barrio Blanco — Judy Rose

When Jacinto Juarez is paired with a rich, famous mentor, her life is turned upside down. Half of Jacinto aches for the comfort of Mani and the familiar safety of the barrio; the other half longs to embrace a future that offers more than cleaning stuff for white people. But when her family is torn apart, Jacinto needs to bring the two halves of herself together to win back everything she's lost. Can she channel the power she's gained from her mentor and the strength she's inherited from Mama to save her shattered home life?

With humor and sensitivity, debut novelist Judith Robbins Rose explores the coming-of-age of a young girl caught between two cultures, who finds the courage to forge a new destiny.