Lola Reyes Is So Not Worried

In this magical middle grade adventure by Cindy L. Rodriguez, a Guatemalan American girl fights to stop her cursed worry dolls before they blanket her friends and neighbors in anxietyand the grief she carries over the loss of her father. Perfect for fans of The Doll Peopleand The Total Eclipse of Nester Lopez!

Lola Reyes doesnt want to leave Guatemala, a place full of warmth and sun, laughter and musicwhere her abuela and prima and tos and tas surround her with love. Back in Sunnyside, its cold. Theres schoolwork and chores. And her mama transforms into Lolas super-serious school principal, Dr. Reyes.

Back at home...Lola can see, crystal clear, the empty place where Pop used to be. So Lola decides to bring a little bit of Guatemalaand Popback with her. She discovers his box of childhood worry dolls and sneaks them into her luggage, ignoring the warnings on the box not to use them. Later, when she tells them all her worries, from her friendship woes to the way Mama wont talk about how sad she is, the worry dolls come to life. Worsethey escape.

Lola has to enlist her neighbor and nemesis, Chance Townsend, to recapture the dolls because she discovers theyre cursed. And as they absorb worries, theyll grow bigger and bigger. If Lola cant find a way to stop them, theyll burst, releasing all the worries theyve absorbed a hundredfold on everyone in town. But when breaking the curse might mean confronting her own anxieties and grief, will Lola be able face her emotions before its too late?