Bebe Lord Gow 
Bright Yellow Yoyo 

When a determined 11 year-old, Italian girl with a love of life finally convinces her financially-deprived family that Texas is the land of opportunity, they regroup to Houston. Her devil-be-damned attitude combined with a mish-mash of amusing characters and her desire to move many mountains are evident and yet she encounters temptations, frustrations and miscalculations. As she matures, she struggles with bad luck and insecurities. But like her treasured yoyo she rebounds until…in the humid jungle of Yucatan, her independence is endangered, surprisingly rescued and another chapter un-folds.