Alma's Way

Alma meets Granny Isa’s friend, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Later, when Alma’s friends get into a disagreement over who gets to use the basketball court, Alma is inspired by Justice Sotomayor to become Judge Alma. And Justice Sotomayor encourages Alma to umpire her friends’ kickball game. But when Alma calls Rafia out, her friends are divided. Will Alma call it like she sees it?

Beto invites Alma and her friends over to break the piñata his Abuela made for him. But when Alma sees he looks hesitant, she wonders if he really wants to break it. Then, Alma donates her toy octopus at the Community Center’s Free Table. But when she sees Lucas playing with her old toy, she wants it back.

Alma and Eddie want to open a mofongo food truck, but they spend so much time on decorating their cardboard truck and writing raps for their customers that they forget the most important thing: the food. And Alma thinks she’s pretty fast on her scooter, but why isn’t she faster than André? Isn’t she the World’s Greatest Scooter-er?

Mr. Piragua Man named a new flavor after Alma, but when she tries it, she discovers she doesn’t like how the Alma Special tastes. Should she tell Mr. Piragua Man the truth or avoid piraguas forever? Alma loves playing with the balloon animals Mr. Squid Guy made, but when André’s balloon pops, he wants to do something else. What should Alma do when she wants to keep playing with her balloon?