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They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems

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Category
Poetry
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Publisher
Kokila September 2022
Year Published
2022

A companion to the Pura Belpré Honor book They Call Me Güero

“You can be my boyfriend.” It only takes five words to change Güero’s life at the end of seventh grade. The summer becomes extra busy as he learns to balance new band practice with his old crew, Los Bobbys, and being Joanna Padilla’s boyfriend. They call her “fregona” because she’s tough, always sticking up for her family and keeping the school bully in check. But Güero sees her softness. Together they cook dollar-store spaghetti and hold hands in the orange grove, learning more about themselves and each other than they could have imagined. But when they start eighth grade, Joanna faces a tragedy that requires Güero to reconsider what it means to show up for someone you love.

Honoring multiple poetic traditions, They Call Her Fregona is a bittersweet first-love story in verse and the highly anticipated follow-up to They Call Me Güero.---from the publisher

256 pages                                          ‎ 978-0593462577                          Ages 10-12

Keywords:  stories in verse, summer, romance, loss, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, Latino, diverse books

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