![]() ![]() ![]() 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. And when life gets tough for this Mexican American border kid, he knows what to do: He writes poetry. Güero faces the start of seventh grade with heart and smarts, his family’s traditions, and his trusty accordion. (Don’t cross Joanna-she's tough as nails.) Together, they joke around and talk about their expanding world, which now includes girls. They Call Me Guero: A Border Kids Poems is a short novel in verse written by David Bowles for middle school and young adult readers. RT NQCLiteracy: They Call Her Fregona, the gorgeous companion to They Call Me Güero, which beautifully complicates all the ways that we can BE - not all soft, not all tough. ![]() Güero is also a reader, gamer, and musician who runs with a squad of misfits called Los Bobbys. ![]() He feels at home on both sides of the river, speaking Spanish or English. Like the Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez, twelve-year-old Güero is puro mexicano. Sometimes people only go off of what they see. They call him Güero because of his red hair, pale skin, and freckles. 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. ![]()
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