10 books from the Pura Belpre Award list (winners and honor books)
10. (2019 winners)
Honor Book for Narration
They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid’s Poems
by David Bowles
About the Author:
"David Bowles is a Mexican American author from south Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. He has written several award-winning titles, most notably THE SMOKING MIRROR and THEY CALL ME GÜERO. His work has also been published in multiple anthologies, plus venues such as The New York Times, School Library Journal, Strange Horizons, English Journal, Rattle, Translation Review, and the Journal of Children's Literature. In 2017, David was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters."
Book Summary:
"Twelve-year-old 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.
In Spanish, "Güero" is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. But make no mistake: our red-headed, freckled hero is puro 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." -Amazon.com
Reviews:
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Sources:
https://www.amazon.com/David-Bowles/e/B004G3ULFQ?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000
https://www.amazon.com/They-Call-Me-G%C3%BCero-Border/dp/1947627074/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=They+Call+Me+G%C3%BCero%3A+A+Border+Kid%E2%80%99s+Poems+by+David+Bowles&qid=1606056308&sr=8-1
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