
A girl must sell lip gloss to save her family's future after losing their home.
Griselda "Geez" Zaragoza faces a shattered world when her family loses their home. With her father's business bankrupt, Geez's confidence crumbles. Joining her sister Maribel in selling Alma Cosmetics, Geez concocts a plan: sell enough lip gloss to win a prize that could revive her dad's dreams. As she navigates this challenge, Geez learns that home and hope are crafted anew. Will her efforts be enough to rebuild what was lost?
After one girl’s parents lose their home, it would seem easy for her to lose hope, too–but in this inspiring story of family and friendship, just the opposite happens. Griselda “Geez” Zaragoza has a love for beautiful things, like her collection of vintage teacups and the flower garden she and her dad planted in the front yard. But when his business goes bankrupt, Geez loses not just her house, but also her confidence and her trust in her unflappable parents. Tagging along with her big sister Maribel, who postponed college for a job selling Alma Cosmetics, Geez dreams up a way to reclaim the life she thinks she lost. If she can sell enough tubes of glistening, glittery Alma lip gloss, she’ll win a cash prize that could help jump start her dad’s business. In this moving coming-of-age novel, Geez will learn that a home isn’t just lost or found, but made and re-made.
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