"Told in two voices, sixteen-year-old Audre and Mabel, both young women of color from different backgrounds, fall in love and figure out how to care for each other as one of them faces a fatal illness." -- Trinidad. Audre is being sent to live in America with her father because her strictly religious mother caught her with her secret girlfriend, the pastor's daughter. Her grandmother Queenie tries to reassure her granddaughter that she won't lose...

For spring break, Ana and Andrew visit their mother's family on the island of Trinidad during Carnival, where they dress in costumes, march in the parade, dance to the music, and learn about the origin of the holiday.