Birthday In The Barrio/Cumpleanos En El Barrio

When Lazarita's unemployed father cannot afford a party for her 'quinces,' the birthday celebration that marks a fifteen-year-old girl's entrance into womanhood, her friends in her Miami Cuban-American community enlist the mayor's help to plan a surpriseblock party.When Lazarita's unemployed father cannot afford a party for the birthday celebration that marks a fifteen-year-old girl's entrance into womanhood, her friends in her Miami Cuban-American community plan a surprise block party.