In the title story, Lucinda hatches a clever plan to get her boyfriend back and is crushed when she ultimately realizes that its impossible to force a guy to love you. Like all young people, she ignores the advice of her mom and learns that lesson and many more the hard way. In this bilingual collection of ten short stories for young people, kids deal with both serious and humorous consequences after they ignore their parents suggestions and disobey rules. At a friends house on New Years Eve, Raymond plays with fireworks even though he promised his parents he wouldnt. Kids on a track team search for a mysterious naked woman with embarrassing results. And two girls in a wax museum are in for a surprise when they ignore the signs about touching the figures.
