Fifteen candles

Description:

For Alicia Cruz and her three best friends--Carmen, Jamie, and Gaz--quincen eras, the fantastic parties thrown for Latina girls turning fifteen, are a staple of the Miami social scene. But this summer after meeting the new girl in town, Alicia ends up volunteering to help organize Sarita's quince. Soon Alicia is drowning in preparations and turning into a quince-zilla. Will she learn to trust her amigas and rock the party?

subjects: Hispanic American teenagers,  Quincean era (Social custom),  Friendship,  Fiction,  Quinceañera (Social custom),  Children's fiction,  Hispanic americans, fiction,  Friendship, fiction,  Miami (fla.), fiction

Places: Miami (Fla.)