I really enjoyed reading this book. Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw is a girl who I feel so much empathy for. She is both American and Mexican, yet she does not know the culture of her Mexican roots. Naomi wears handmade clothes, lives in a trailer, is shy, and has a funny last name. She is living a life of simplicity and as much solitude a young girl can have. Carving soap, making lists, and For the last seven years their Gram has been raising them as her own. Then one day Naomi's mother comes back into her life and things change. Skyla, Naomi's mother is the definition of "bad mother". Skyla is constantly putting down both Naomi and her brother Owen, and Skyla even had the nerve to slap Naomi across the face. Skyla has plans to take Naomi to live with her in Las Vegas, but Gram has other plans and takes Naomi and Owen on a vacation to Mexico. And now Naomi finally has a chance to visit her Mexican roots. What a good book and I can see how a child would read this and be able to relate to her.