The Time It Snowed in Puerto Rico

A “beautiful” ( Booklist ) novel about a young Puerto Rican girl discovering her power—and finding the strength to follow her heart—from the New York Times bestselling author of The Baker’s Daughter “[A] touching coming-of-age debut novel [that] transcends borders and times.”— Library Journal It is 1961, and Puerto Rico is trapped in a tug-of-war between those who want to stay connected to the United States and those who are fighting for independence. For eleven-year-old Verdita Ortiz-Santiago,