They Call Me Güero
A Border Kid's Poems
$20.31
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
24 August 2021
Summary
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 Gero because of his red hair, pale skin, and freckles. Sometimes people only go off of what they see. Like the Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez, twelve-year-old Gero is puro mexicano. He feels at home on both sides of the river, speaking Spanish or English. Gero is also a reader, gamer, and musician who runs with…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593462553 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0593462556 |
| Author: | David Bowles |
| Publisher: | Penguin Young Readers |
| Imprint: | Kokila |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 24 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 88g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 127mm x 195mm |
| Audience Age: | 9-12 |
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David Bowles
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.
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