At home in a faraway place

"Lissie, her dad, and her grandmother travel 'to a faraway place, in a different part of the world'...Their destination is Guatemala, where Raúl-Dad's friend from high school-and his family live. Lissie doesn't know how to speak Spanish, and initially the world is cloaked in mystery. But Lissie is a fearless explorer, both of language and new places, and soon she is embracing the sights and sounds, the delicious foods, the family stories and his...