The Little House of HopeBy: Terry Catass Jennings Illustrator: Ral Coln When Esperanza and her family arrive in the United States from Cuba, they rent a little house, una casita. It may be small, but they soon prove that theres room enough to share with a whole community. It was a little house. Una casita . . . It was small. It smelled like old wet socks. . . But even though they were far from home, The family was together. As Esperanza and her family settle into their new