Lee White

When her beloved country, Chile, is taken over by a militaristic, sadistic government, Celeste is sent to America for her safety and her parents must go into hiding before they "disappear."

A young girl finds a way to tame the winds besieging an old man who lives on a hill above her village.

A quiet morning in a roadside cafe turns to chaos when a bus breaks down and a menagerie of noisy, rude animals enters, demanding to be fed.

When she was five-years old Lucy wrote her first letter to Santa and either mailed them or left them by the plate of cookies; when she was eight she wrote her last Santa letter--and left it on her mother's pillow.