When Felita turns 12, her mother becomes increasingly strict with her, insisting on having her brother accompany her visits with her first boy friend Vinny. Felita's summer with relatives on a Puerto Rican island make her long for her New York City home and family and helps her to understand them as well as herself a little more fully. (Ages 11-14)

In this sequel to Felita, Felita's going to Puerto Rico! It's like a dream to her, although she'll miss her friends. But Felita's summer isn't at all what she expected. Her uncle's small village is boring, and none of the girls wants to be friends with an outsider. Felita desperately wants to go home. But she gradually finds a way to fit in, and by summer's end, Felita knows she will miss her new friends and her homeland.