They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
Twelve-year-old red-headed Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. He’s starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool. Trusting in his family’s traditions, his accordion and his bookworm squad, he faces seventh grade with book smarts and a big heart. Winner of the 2019 Walter Honor Book Award for Younger Readers and the Pura Belpré Author Honor Award.
Language: Spanish vocabulary featured
Culture/Community: Mexican / Mexican American
Heritage & History: Hispanic Heritage and History
Themes for Middle Grade/YA: Bicultural Kids, Coming of Age, Family and Friends, Identity, Immigration
Genre: Autobiography/Memoir, Poetry
Format: Free Verse
Audiobook: No
Age Level: Middle Grade
Book Series: Award-Winning Books: 2019, Novels in Verse: Hispanic Heritage, Life Along the Border: Books for Kids, Growing Up Along the Border: Stories for Middle Grades and Young Adults, My Name: Books for Middle Grades and Young Adults, Personal Stories for Middle Grades: Hispanic Heritage
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