Miata Ramirez is devastated when she discovers she's left her folklórico skirt -- her mother's skirt from Mexico -- on the schoolbus. It's Friday afternoon and Miata's supposed to wear the skirt at Sunday afternoon's folk dance. Unable to admit that she's forgotten the skirt, Miata convinces a friend to join her in a Saturday afternoon secret expedition to the fence-enclosed lot where the buses are parked. Of course, nothing turns out quite as planned in this easy to read, short novel printed in clear, large typeface. (Ages 8-11)