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. G ero 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 lvarez, the Mexican boxer. In Spanish, 'G ero' 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.

Pura Belpr Author Honor Book, 2019 ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019 Walter Award Honor Book, 2019 Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry, Bank Street 2019 NCTE 2019 Notable Verse Novels Tom s Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award TIL Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Book 2018 Skipping Stones Award mericas Award, Commended Title School Library Journal's 2018 Best Books Shelf Awareness 2018 Best Children's & Teen Books of the Year, Middle Grade Twelve-year-old G ero is Mexican American, at home with Spanish or English and on both sides of the river.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. 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.) 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. 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.

They call me guero