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They call me Güero : a border kid's poems

Title
They call me Güero : a border kid's poems / by David Bowles.
Author
Bowles, David (David O.)
Publication
  • El Paso, Texas : Cinco Puntos Press, [2018]
  • ©2018
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Description
111 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  • Twelve-year-old Güero, a red-headed, freckled Mexican American border kid, discovers the joy of writing poetry, thanks to his seventh grade English teacher.
  • In Spanish, "Güero" is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. Butr make no mistake: our red-headed, freckled hero is pure mexicano, like Canelo Álvarez, the Mexican boxer. Güero is also a nerd - reader, gamer, musician - who runs with a squad of misfits like him, Los Bobbys. Sure, they get in trouble like anybody else, and like other middle-school boys, they discover girls. Watch out for Joanna! She's tough as nails. But trusting in his family's traditions, his accordion and his bookworm squad, he faces seventh grade with book smarts and a big heart. Life is tough for a border kid, but Güero has figured out how to cope. He writes poetry. -- From back cover.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Poetry.
  • Novels in verse.
  • Juvenile works.
Note
  • ""Border Kid" first appeared in Here We Go: a Poetry Friday Power Book (Princeton, NJ: Pometo Books, 2017), edited by Sylvia Vardell and Janet Wong. It was then reprinted in the Journal of Children's Literature, 43(1), p. 16, 2017."
Audience (note)
  • 850L
Awards (note)
  • ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
  • Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry, 2019
  • Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Book, 2018
  • NCTE Notable Verse Novel, 2019
  • Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2019
  • School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
  • Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 2019
  • Walter Honor, Younger Readers Category, 2019
Contents
Border kid -- Borderlands -- Checkpoint -- Our house -- Pulga pantoum -- Fingers & keys -- Lullaby -- Learning to read -- Nagual -- Bottle rocket battle -- First day of seventh grade -- Los Bobbys, or the Bookworm Squad -- They call me Güero -- Ms. Wong & the rabbit -- Trickster -- Birthday medley -- Sundays -- Records -- Variedad musical -- La Mano Pachona -- Mischief -- Confession -- Thoughts at mass -- The Newcomer -- Christmas concrete -- Uncle Joe's history lessons -- Tamalada -- Food for each season -- The gift -- Answering the bully -- Joanna la Fregona -- Neighborhoods -- Valentine texts -- Movies -- Remedios y rarezas -- Cascarón war -- La lechuza outside my window -- Ballad of the mighty Tlacuach -- Playoff game -- Spanish birds -- Mis otros abuelos -- Wedding in Monterrey -- Losing Puchi -- Wheels -- Carne Asada -- Father's day -- Teresa's Quinceañera waltz -- A sonnet for Joanna -- The refuge on the ranch.
Call Number
JFD 19-2200
ISBN
  • 9781947627062
  • 1947627066
  • 9781947627079
  • 1947627074
LCCN
2018027137
OCLC
1048656940
Author
Bowles, David (David O.), author.
Title
They call me Güero : a border kid's poems / by David Bowles.
Publisher
El Paso, Texas : Cinco Puntos Press, [2018]
Copyright Date
©2018
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Creator/Contributor Characteristics
Occupation/field of activity group: University and college faculty members
National/regional group: Texans
National/regional group: Americans
Gender group: Men
Audience
850L Lexile
Awards
ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry, 2019
Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Book, 2018
NCTE Notable Verse Novel, 2019
Pura Belpré Author Honor, 2019
School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, 2019
Walter Honor, Younger Readers Category, 2019
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JFD 19-2200
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