Excerpt from The White Hot by Quiara Alegría Hudes, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

And all the while the dads disappeared, off to find the meaning of life or a new sink to put a dirty dish into. (Apart from their pin-toothed chihuahua, Soda Crackers, no male had ever stayed long among them.)

Now here we find ourselves at present, dear reader, after another dutiful day in the land of Soto. April dons her blue Beats headphones, inwardly reciting: Dead inside, dead inside, dead inside. Ah, it works every time!

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