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A boy helps his father keep their very old car running as they make a trip to Havana for his newborn cousin's zero-year birthday. Includes author's note about cars in Cuba.

"Julia is dismayed to learn that Coach Marissa has to leave the Vipers swim team for an urgent family matter. Coach Nathan, their new temporary coach, is strict and humorless. He doesn't even let them have Splash Time! And it's not just Julia who's upset -- two of her teammates have even quit the team. So it's no surprise that the team is not enthusiastic when Coach Nathan asks them to put together a car wash fundraiser for the team. But then they...

"Spunky Sarabeth loves working on cars with her dad. She loves everything about cars. She loves the way the engines sometimes roared like lions and other times purred like kittens. She loves seeing sports cars that were sleek and fast like cheetahs and boxy SUVs that trundled along like elephants. When Sarabeth's gran comes to visit, she brings with her a lot of strong beliefs about how little girls should behave. But when her grandma's car breaks...

"Seraphin, dreaming of gardens full of birdsongs, sunny avenues, and flowers, works as a ticket seller in a metro station underground. One day, after being scolded by the stationmaster for trying to save a butterfly that had flown into the station by accident, he learns that he has inherited an old, dilapidated house and car. Overjoyed by the possibilities, he and his friend Plume set about building the house of their dreams, and much more besides!...