A Bridge Home

Jacqueline Bravo can’t understand why she’s being called to the principal’s office and is shocked to learn her mother hasn’t paid her tuition at St. Bernadette High School in three months! Now Sister Mary Grace is threatening to kick her out and even recommends a vocational school until she gets married.

Finances have been tight ever since Jacqui’s father was killed in Vietnam. She is determined to win the alumni scholarship to UCLA, and there’s no way she will transfer to a public or vocati...