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Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

"Lola was just a baby when her family left the Island, so when she has to draw it for a school assignment, she asks her family, friends, and neighbors about their memories of her homeland .

"Other students laugh when Rigoberto, an immigrant from Venezuela, introduces himself but later, he meets Angelina and discovers that he is not the only one who feels like an outsider"--Provided by publisher.

David's activities in school include chewing gum, talking out of turn, and engaging in a food fight, causing his teacher to scold him over and over.

Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his second grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic.

"English just feels wrong to Isabel. She prefers her native Spanish.

"Sick at home, a young girl misses the costume party at school, so she decides to wear her rabbit costume the next day; but when the other children laugh at her, she is sad--until a boy turns up in his carrot costume, and soon the other children join in their play"--OCLC.

"Maybe your school has a playground, gym, computers, and a library.