Use this high interest resource to combine ELA, math, social studies, and social emotional learning lessons built around the highly praised middle grade novel Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza. 

Kirkus Reviews calls it: "A lively mystery with a touch of spookiness, an intriguing setting, an appealing family dynamic, and an enterprising Latina heroine."

The plot involves a mysterious cat that haunts the U.S. Capitol. If you see the Demon Cat, you are cursed with bad luck. 10-year-old Fina Mendoza, the daughter of a congressman, just saw it. Can she save her family from “cat”astrophe?