They call me Güero

About this book

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

  • age:max:12
  • age:min:9
  • award:pura_belpre_award
  • boys
  • children's poetry
  • families
  • fiction
  • grade:max:7
  • grade:min:4
  • juvenile
  • juvenile fiction / social themes / emigration & immigration
  • juvenile poetry
  • lexile:860
  • lexile_range:801-900
  • mexican americans
  • novels in verse
  • poetry
  • poets
  • schools
  • young adult fiction, boys & men
  • young adult fiction, people & places, united states, hispanic & latino
  • young adult fiction, poetry