Things have begun to calm down for Trisha and her friends, and she can only assume that she'll be able to celebrate her birthday in peace. But, of course, she assumes wrong. Because just when her friends in the Downtown Outfit plan her special day with her bestie Candy, her old friends Kim and Chelsea suddenly arrive in town with plans of their own. They also bring their brother, Trisha's ex, who may still have feelings for her. And this does not go over well with Trisha's current boyfriend Cal. Trisha soon begins to feel pulled in too many directions as she struggles to be fair to all of her friends. She can't let the past go...but neither can she tell Kim and Chelsea that a frightened ghost happens to share her house, and has come to her and her new friends for help. A sinister spirit haunts Trisha's house, and she's yet unsure of how to keep it from crashing the festivities in a most unpleasant way.

Follow los monstruos and los esqueletos to the Halloween party Under October's luna, full and bright, the monsters are throwing a ball in the Haunted Hall. Las brujas come on their broomsticks. Los muertos rise from their coffins to join in the fun. Los esqueletos rattle their bones as they dance through the door. And the scariest creatures of all aren't even there yet! This lively bilingual Halloween poem introduces young readers to a spooky array of Spanish words that will open their ojos to the chilling delights of the season. Los Gatos Black on Halloween is a 2007 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year, the winner of the 2008 Pura Belpre Medal for Illustration and a Pura Belpre Honor Book for Narrative.

Trisha is back, and ready for more. Or at least she's going to have to be. Things have just gotten serious. A girl from school has gone missing. And she happens to be the best friend of Trisha's little sister. While parents worry and kids wonder all ove

It isn't as though Trisha doesn't try to be a normal teenage girl. She really does. But something happened to her before she moved to her new town, something she hasn't dared tell anyone else. Something unbelievable. Something that's made it clear to her that she is not quite average. And neither are a group of kids that she's met at her new school. They seem to be mostly focused on starting a new after-school club. But sometimes they talk about strange things, like ghosts and paranormal beings. They tell Trisha that a long time ago, her ancestors were real witches - and that she could be one too. Without warning, Trisha becomes the target of nasty pranks by someone who already seems to have a score to settle with her. It's slowly getting out of control, and there's no one she can turn to, no one she can really trust, or is there? Trisha isn't sure what to believe anymore, except for one thing: life as she knows it is being turned upside-down. Is a fresh start really too much to ask