Viva Lola Espinoza

A debut young adult novel that's BOOKSMART mixed with a dash of magic, about a Mexican-American teen who spends the summer in Mexico City attempting to learn Spanish, and instead meets two very cute boys, and learns a family secret that changes her life forever.

Lola Mendoza is cursed in love. Well, maybe not actually cursed-magic isn't real, is it? When Lola goes to spend the summer with her grandmother in Mexico City and meets handsome, flirtatious Alex, she learns the unbelievable truth: magic is very real, and what she'd always written off as bad luck is actually, truly…a curse. If Lola ever wants to fall in love without suffering the consequences, she'll have to break it. Over the course of one summer-filled with food, family, and two very different boys-Lola sets out to undo the curse and, in the process, learns about herself, her heritage, and the magic around us all.

Story Locale: Mexico City, Mexico