Books in The West Side Kids series

Having been the center for jokes by all due to his size, Shrimp is initially relieved when Slobodan moves into town and becomes the new joke, until he comes to realize that Slobodan does not deserve the abuse either and they begin to form a special friendship. Simultaneous.

Young Luz wants to rid her neighborhood lot of all the filth and garbage lying around and replace it with a beautiful garden, but none of her friends seem to want to help, and she begins to fear that her big idea may never become a reality. Simultaneous.

Young Luz wants to rid her neighborhood lot of all the filth and garbage lying around and replace it with a beautiful garden, but none of her friends seem to want to help, and she begins to fear that her big idea may never become a reality.

Having been the center for jokes by all due to his size, Shrimp is initially relieved when Slobodan moves into town and becomes the new joke, until he comes to realize that Slobodan does not deserve the abuse either and they begin to form a special friendship.

Katie is unhappy after she and her mother move in with her very proper grandmother, until she makes friends with Luz Mendes

When ten-year-old DeVonn and his friends begin a pet-sitting business, DeVonn ends up caring for a very unusual cat which disappears while her owner is away

Eight-year-old Luz Mendez is determined to turn a run-down vacant lot into a garden like the one her grandmother had in Puerto Rico, but she must convince her neighbors to help.

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When DeVonn and his friends Mike, Shrimp, Luz, and Katie become pet-sitters to prove their responsibility to their parents, they learn important lessons while they care for a gaggle of unusual pets, including an aspidistra plant and a cat named Lassie who likes rap music.

Katie is unhappy after she and her mother move in with her very proper grandmother, until she makes friends with Luz Mendes