Maybe it seems weird to say but I've seen him on panels at NCTE and was at a roundtable session with him and he has a great energy. I appreciate everything he shares on Twitter and his overall essence. What I Think: David Bowles is one of my Latinx heroes. Life is tough for a border kid, but Güero has figured out how to cope. But trusting in his family’s traditions, his trusty accordion and his bookworm squad, he faces seventh grade with book smarts and a big heart. Watch out for Joanna! She’s tough as nails. Sure, they get in trouble like anybody else, and like other middle-school boys, they discover girls. Güero is also a nerd-reader, gamer, musician-who runs with a squad of misfits like him, Los Bobbys. But make no mistake: our red-headed, freckled hero is puro mexicano, like Canelo Álvarez, the Mexican boxer. In Spanish, “Güero” is a nickname for guys with pale skin, Latino or Anglo. He’s starting 7th grade with a woke English teacher who knows how to make poetry cool. GoodReads Summary: Twelve-year-old Güero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river. Genre/Format: Realistic Fiction/Novel in Verse
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