Carmen loves doing magic with her Papi. He can make sarapes fly. He can make rabbits vanish! But one day, her Papi vanishes. She is sad and scared when she learns he has been detained because he is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. At first, Carmen's family keeps Papi's detention a secret, fearing that they might be judged negatively. As Carmen's community becomes aware of their situation, they rally around her family with love. Carmen learns she can find strength in herself and maintain her connection with Papi, no matter what happens. The Something Happened books present and explain sensitive and important events happening in communities across the United States and around the world. Told in clear, compelling stories, the books come with the authority of psychological expertise from the American Psychological Association. They include Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story of Racial Injustice, which is a New York Times and #1 IndieBound bestseller, and one of ALA's most banned books Something Happened in Our Park: Standing Together After Gun Violence, which was nominated for The Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice; and Something Happened to My Dad:A Story About Immigration and Family Separation.

A Carmen le encanta hacer trucos de magia con su Papi. El puede hacer volar los sarapes. !El puede hacer desaparecer los conejos! Pero un dIa, su Papi desaparece. Ella se siente triste y asustada cuando se entera que El ha sido detenido porque es un inmigrante indocumentado de MExico. Inicialmente, la familia de Carmen mantiene en secreto la detenciOn de Papi, por miedo a ser juzgados negativamente. A medida que los demAs se dan cuenta de la situaciOn, la comunidad de Carmen se une en apoyo a su familia. Carmen aprende que, a travEs de la comunidad y el amor, puede encontrar fuerza dentro de sI misma y mantener su conexiOn con Papi no importa lo que pase.