They call me Güero : a border kid's poems / by David Bowles.
They call me Güero : a border kid's poems / by David Bowles.
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Publisher
El Paso, Texas : Cinco Puntos Press, [2018]
Call Numbers
CL/0661
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Language
English
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Physical content
111 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
El Paso, Texas : Cinco Puntos Press, [2018]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
Texas
Date Published
[2018]
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Scope and Contents
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 oth...
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They call me Güero : a border kid's poems / by David Bowles.
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Notes
General 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."
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850L Lexile
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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
Date Copyright
©2018
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Call Numbers
CL/0661
Record Identifier
74VKVe7Gaj23
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVe7Gaj23
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ISBN
9781947627079
DDC
[Fic]
MMS ID
991024253781202626
