Cindy

Wildfire #29

by Deborah Kent

Cindy had a hard enough time being new in high school last year. How can she survive a year in a place as different as Mexico?But Mexico turns out to be the best thing that ever happened to her! She loves the quaint town with its festive holidays and makes lots of friends. And the Mexican boys are enchanted by her pretty blond hair and American accent—they all want to go out with her! Cindy feels happy and confident for the first time in her life.The only problem is Alejandro. Sensitive and serious, he hardly pays attention to Cindy—and she likes him better than any other boy. How can she show him how she feels? She doesn't have much time...

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1928

About the author

Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.

Reviews

[Janilyn Kocher]

This book was all right, not as good as 'Free Land' or 'Let the Hurricane Roar.' The hill twang was difficult to wade through, although that was the way the inhabitants of the region spoke. It's the Ozark version of the Hatfield-McCoy conflict.