Luiza Brillante enjoys every part of life but must work hard to have the freedom to enjoy it! Now that the weekend is here, can she do what she needs to in order to go hang out with her friends? With chores to do, crowded streets and subway cars to navigate, and a confrontation with a bully, Luiza has just enough obstacles to take her smile away!

This is Javier's second self published book in the last 4 years. The first volume of "A Reason to Smile!" took 2.5 years to conceptualize and create, and this new book, Volume 2, took only a year and a half. While the first book is a much younger read, volume 2 is a much more intense read in which we get to actually read the voice of the characters, as well as meeting many more. Javier transitioned from being a comic illustrator to an author as well in 2012 and has since sold over a thousand copies of his first book! More plans are in the work to create a chapter book along with a beginning readers book.