Giordan Diaz

A boy and his family must decide whether to remain in Cuba under a repressive government or risk everything for the chance of a new beginning in this gripping story from the award-winning author of The Red Umbrella.
There are two versions of Héctor: the public and the private. It’s the only way to survive in communist Cuba—especially when your father was exiled to the U.S. and labeled an enemy of the people. Héctor...

The Lightning Thief meets the Story Thieves series in this middle grade fantasy inspired by Hispanic folklore, legends, and myths from the Iberian Peninsula and Central and South America.
Charlie Hernández has always been proud of his Latin American heritage. He loves the culture, the art, and especially the myths. Thanks to his abuela's stories, Charlie possesses an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the monsters and...

Sammy Shine's life as Hank's pet mouse was simple and quiet―until Hank's brother sends Sammy up in a remote controlled airplane and loses control. When Sammy Shine's plane takes off unexpectedly, he ends up in a whole new world; no longer does he live in comfort in his shoe box in Hank's room. Now he's lost in the woods with no way to get home, while a dangerous enemy lurks. Fortunately, a group of new friends, including a mouse, an injured crow,...

After years away, Lucas returns uninvited to the home he was expelled from as a child. The garden has been conquered by weeds, which blanket his mother's beloved flowerbeds and his father's grave alike. A lot has changed since Eloy and Felisberto were invited into the family home to work for Lucas's father, long ago. The two hulking strangers have brought the land and everyone on it under their control-and removed nuisances like Lucas. Now everything...

It's been years since a chemical plant accident killed 138 employees including Jacob's father, a fact that has made Jacob obsessed with the plant ever since. Jacob's friends lure him to the plant to play a prank on him in hopes that he will come to his senses and realize the plant is not haunted. When Jacob discovers that he has been duped, he snaps, picks up an ax and goes on a rage filled killing spree. His friends and everyone else in the building...