They Call Me Guero

Description:

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.

subjects: Mexican Americans,  Poetry,  Novels in verse,  Fiction,  Children's poetry,  Young adult fiction, poetry,  Young adult fiction, boys & men,  Young adult fiction, people & places, united states, hispanic & latino,  Juvenile,  award:Pura_Belpre_award,  lexile:860,  lexile_range:801-900,  age:min:9,  age:max:12,  grade:min:4,  grade:max:7,  Juvenile poetry,  Boys,  Families,  Schools,  Poets,  JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Emigration & Immigration