They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems

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They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems - Paperback

They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems - Paperback

by David Bowles
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Book Overview

by David Bowles (Author)

An award-winning novel in verse about a boy who navigates the start of seventh grade and life growing up on the border the only way that feels right--through poetry.

They call him Güero because of his red hair, pale skin, and freckles. Sometimes people only go off of what they see. Like the Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez, twelve-year-old Güero is puro mexicano. He feels at home on both sides of the river, speaking Spanish or English. Güero is also a reader, gamer, and musician who runs with a squad of misfits called Los Bobbys. Together, they joke around and talk about their expanding world, which now includes girls. (Don't cross Joanna--she's tough as nails.)

Güero faces the start of seventh grade with heart and smarts, his family's traditions, and his trusty accordion. And when life gets tough for this Mexican American border kid, he knows what to do: He writes poetry.

Honoring multiple poetic traditions, They Call Me Güero is a classic in the making and the recipient of a Pura Belpré Honor, a Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, a Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry, and a Walter Dean Myers Honor.

Author Biography

DAVID BOWLES grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, where he teaches at UTRGV. He's the author of several award-winning titles, including The Smoking Mirror, the 13th Street series, and Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico. His picture book debut, My Two Border Towns, is available in English and Spanish. In 2020, David co-founded #DignidadLiteraria, a grassroots activist hashtag and movement dedicated to promoting equity for Latinx people in publishing. You can find him online at davidbowles.us and @DavidOBowles on most social media platforms.

Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.4 x 7.6 x 5 IN
Publication Date: August 24, 2021
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: They Call Me Guero: A Border Kid's Poems
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.1
Point Value: 2
ISBN9780593462553
Author David Bowles
PublisherKokila
GenreChildren and Society & culture
FormatPaperback
PublishedAugust 2021
LanguageENG- English
Pages112
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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