This Train is Being Held Format:Hardcover But as winter nears

But as winter nears

and gardening

but he was not treated as an equal—his brothers and sisters looked down at him for his lame leg

a New England couple whose pump brings forth gold after they save the life of a magical beetle

these essays share deeply personal stories of resilience

This Train is Being Held Format:Hardcover But as winter nearsAlex is a baseball player. A great one. His papi is pushing him to go pro, but Alex maybe wants to be a poet. Not that Papi would understand or allow that. Isa is a dancer. She'd love to go pro, if only her Havana born mom weren't dead set against it just like she's dead set against her daughter falling for a Latino. And Isa's privileged private school lifewith her dad losing his job and her older brother struggling with mental illnessis falling