Every day, Soledad goes home to an empty, lonely house after school.

Author: Rigoberto Gonzalez
Illustrator: Rosa Ibarra
Format: Hardcover
Published: Children's Book Press, 2003

Every day, Soledad goes home to an empty, lonely house after school. Her mother, father, and aunt all work until after Soledad has fallen asleep. Soledad is miserable until Nedelsy and Jahniza, her friends from the neighborhood help her figure out ways to have fun with friends and all by herself. Beautiful illustrations and lyrical bilingual text convey the realities of hardworking Puerto Rican families in Brooklyn and of latchkey kids everywhere.