After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.

Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.

Donde va a parar? is a beautiful and comforting meditation on death, asking questions young readers of Spanish might have about what happens to those they love after they die. The English language version of this book, Where Do They Go? is available in hardcover.