The Cot in the Living Room Juvenile Fiction Bedtime & Dreams Humorous Stories Family - Parents and her own—a proud Boricua

and her own—a proud Boricua of Taíno and African descent

Her sights were set on an HBCU

her entire world – real and fake — comes crashing down around her

that Kemi must face the most inevitable and hardest part of life: saying goodbye

and find success in every area of their lives

The Cot in the Living Room Juvenile Fiction Bedtime & Dreams Humorous Stories Family - Parents and her own—a proud BoricuaA young Dominican American girl in New York City moves from jealousy to empathy as her parents babysit children whose families work overnight shifts in this honest and warm picture book debut. Night after night, a young girl watches her mami set up a cot in the living room for guests in their Washington Heights apartment, like Raquel (who's boring) and Edgardo (who gets crumbs everywhere). She resents that they get the entire living room with a view