table of contents part i : the story of the lizards children chapter 1 : her children chapter 2 : almost learning to swim chapter 3 : the glass butterfly chapter 4 : cheating the cat chapter 5 : the black widow chapter 6 : the waggle dancers chapter 7 : the changing seasons chapter 8 : noah 's worst day chapter 9 : nora 's garden chapter 10 : the traveler chapter 11 : the blue chest wars chapter 12 : hailey meets the mouse chapter 13 : mariposa and the search uphill chapter 14 : the recovery chapter 15 : leaving noras garden chapter 16 : rallying the troops chapter 17 : the hairy spider in the pyramid chapter 18 : the battle for freedom chapter 19 : the return home part ii : hagador 's orchard chapter 20 : taking hailey home chapter 21 : from the highlands of the yucatan chapter 22 : the orchard chapter 23 : the return of cuella chapter 24 : daniel moves on chapter 25 : glider the hawk chapter 26 : daniel finds his friends chapter 27 : miguel returns to corona chapter 28 : mariposa to the rescue chapter 29 : friends in need chapter 30 : captured chapter 31 : hailey 's family chapter 32 : the ground squirrels chapter 33 : fate chapter 34 : the escape chapter 35 : daniel 's tale part i : the story of the lizards children chapter 1 : her children good night , momma .