Together, they joke around and talk about their expanding world, which now includes girls. Güero is also a reader, gamer, and musician who runs with a squad of misfits called Los Bobbys. He feels at home on both sides of the river, speaking Spanish or English. Like the Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez, twelve-year-old Güero is puro mexicano. Sometimes people only go off of what they see. Hardcover (November 27th, 2018): $18.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 Güero because of his red hair, pale skin, and freckles.Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Adolescence & Coming of Age.Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / Hispanic & Latino.

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In 2020, David co-founded #DignidadLiteraria, a grassroots activist hashtag and movement dedicated to promoting equity for Latinx people in publishing. His picture book debut, My Two Border Towns, is available in English and Spanish. 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. Honoring multiple poetic traditions, They Call Me Güero is a classic in the making and the recipient of a Pura Belpré Honor, a Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award, a Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry, and a Walter Dean Myers Honor.ĭAVID BOWLES grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, where he teaches at UTRGV. And when life gets tough for this Mexican American border kid, he knows what to do: He writes poetry. Güero faces the start of seventh grade with heart and smarts, his family’s traditions, and his trusty accordion. (Don’t cross Joanna-she's tough as nails.) They call him Güero because of his red hair, pale skin, and freckles. 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.

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