Award-winning picture-book author Tony Johnston presents the poignant story of a loving Mexican-American family in East LA in her first novel for young readers Los Angeles is a place of movie stars and fast cars and people who are too rich and people who are too poor An area of freeway chases and drive-bys and death But there's another LA, one where warmth and humor and humanity pervade Where a tacqueria sign declares: "One cause, one people, one taco" This LA is a place where random acts of generosity and goodwill improve the lives of the community Any Small Goodness is a novel filled with hope, love, and warmth