Fourteen-year-old Leah's loyalty and devotion to her emotionally troubled friend, Tamara, brings into focus some of her conflicting feelings about her mother's imminent remarriage and her own growing attachment to a young Mexican American, the nephew of her mother's boyfriend.Fourteen-year-old Leah's loyalty to her emotionally troubled friend, Tamara, brings into focus her conflicting feelings about her mother's imminent remarriage and her own growing attachment to a young Mexican American
