Donna Barba Higuera Books in Order

Aspiring baseball pitcher Lupe Wong needs straight A grades to meet her favorite player. When gym class introduces square dancing, her determination to challenge the requirement puts her friendships, ambitions and sense of fairness to the test.

Ramón worries about his first day at a new school and cannot sleep. When he discovers that El Cucuy is frightened too, the boy and the monster help each other face their unfamiliar surroundings.

After Earth’s destruction, Petra Peña awakens from a centuries-long space journey to discover that a controlling Collective has erased the passengers’ memories. As the only person who remembers their former world, she must preserve its stories and protect humanity’s future.

In a devastated future Earth, Leandro takes the blame when his sister steals fruit from their city’s rulers. His punishment transfers his consciousness into a drone, sending him beyond the walls toward other outcasts and unexpected possibilities for freedom.

Ramón looks forward to Christmas, but El Cucuy finds the lights and snowman alarming. Sharing holiday traditions with his anxious friend helps Ramón discover how celebration and reassurance can bring them closer together.

A girl feels embarrassed by her grandmother's yellow handkerchief and the differences between their cultures. As she comes to understand her grandmother, she begins to appreciate the family history and traditions connecting them.

A young monster enters the human world eager to frighten his first assigned child. But Ramón is more worried about starting a new school than about claws or glowing eyes, leading the would-be terrorizer toward an unexpected friendship.

El Cucuy returns to visit Ramón after the rules separating humans and monsters begin to collapse. Other boogeymen follow him to Ramón’s birthday party, forcing the friends to outwit the intruders before the celebration becomes a feast.

Raised on the planet Sagan, Itzel has never seen Earth, the world her grandmother left behind. A mysterious message reveals that humanity survived there, drawing the Saganites toward a perilous return journey and others pursuing the same signal.