For Ages
8 to 12

How Tia Lola Saved the Summer is a part of the The Tia Lola Stories collection.

Tía Lola returns in this heartwarming and funny summer adventure from the international bestselling author of How the García Girls Lost Their Accents and In the Time of the Butterflies.

Miguel Guzman isn't exactly looking forward to the summer now that his mother has agreed to let the Sword family—a father, his three daughters, and their dog—live with them while they decide whether or not to move to Vermont. Little does Miguel know his aunt has something up her sleeve that just may make this the best summer ever. With her usual flair for creativity and fun, Tía Lola decides to start a summer camp for Miguel, his little sister, and the three Sword girls, complete with magical swords, nighttime treasure hunts, campfires, barbecues, and an end-of-summer surprise!

The warm and funny third book in the Tía Lola Stories is sure to delight young readers and leave them looking forward to their own summer fun!

An Excerpt fromHow Tia Lola Saved the Summer

One
Saturday
The Arrival of the Swords
Miguel is the first one to see the arrival of the Swords.
He is coming down the stairs when he happens to glance out the landing window. Three girls have just stepped out of the small van and are standing in his driveway, looking up at his house. Their faces show the same dismay as Miguel feels looking down at them.
He should let his mother know. But Miguel wants to delay this female invasion as long as he possibly can. Out of three kids, couldn't at least one of them be a boy?
In the living room, his mother and Tia Lola are finally resting, their feet up on the coffee table. It has been a whirlwind week of cooking, cleaning, fixing up the rooms where Victor and his three kids will be sleeping. Victor is the lawyer from New York City who helped Tia Lola get permission to stay in the United States. And he didn't even charge her a penny. So letting his family stay in their big, roomy farmhouse for…