Stef Soto, La Reina Del Taco by Jennifer Torres

Estefania ""Stef"" Soto, just wants to be a typical seventh grade girl. She wants to have friends, to be accepted, and to have some independence from her overprotective immigrant parents. Stef knows very well that she cannot take the bus to school, because her parents consider it too dangerous. Her daddy insists on picking her up every day in her old taco truck named Tia Perla. She every day she asks him, "Did you learn anything?" and then they find a place to park the truck and her father works while Stef does her homework.
Deep down, Stef is proud of her parents and knows that they are working hard to provide for her, but at the same time, she also resents the ease with which some of her classmates, especially Julia, get things like tickets to the Vivian Vega concert. . Even if she could get the money for the tickets, she is sure that her parents would never let her go.
This story features a familiar narrator, loyal friends, and responsible parents who work hard and struggle to get by. A tender and charming novel about family, friends, and how it is possible to find your voice even wrapped in a taco shell.