They Call Her Fregona

A Border Kid's Poems

They Call Her Fregona
David Bowles
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Hardback
h210 x 140mm - 256pg
6 Sep 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9780593462577
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A companion to the Pura Belpre Honor book They Call Me G ero"You can be my boyfriend. " It only takes five words to change G ero' 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 G ero 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 G ero 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 G ero.
David Bowles grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. He' s the author of several award-winning titles, including They Call Me G ero, The Smoking Mirror, the 13th Street series, and Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky- Myths of Mexico. His picture book debut, My Two Border Towns, is available in English and Spanish. In 2020, David co-founded #DignidadLiteraria, a grassroots activist hashtag and movement dedicated to promoting equity for Latinx people in publishing. You can find him online at davidbowles. us and @DavidOBowles on most social media platforms.
Status: Indent title, imported to order
ISBN-13: 9780593462577
Published: 6 Sep 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Penguin USA
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Hardback
Height: 210mm
Width: 140mm
Spine: 16mm
Weight: 391g
Pages: 256

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