The tequila worm

Viola Canales

About this book

Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."

Subjects

  • age:max:15
  • age:min:12
  • award:pura_belpre_award
  • boarding schools
  • boarding schools, fiction
  • catholics
  • children's fiction
  • families
  • family life
  • family life, fiction
  • fiction
  • grade:max:9
  • grade:min:7
  • juvenile fiction
  • lexile:830
  • lexile_range:801-900
  • mexican americans
  • mexican americans, fiction
  • neighborhood
  • neighborhoods
  • schools
  • texas, fiction