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They call her Fregona : a border kid's poems / David Bowles.

Summary:

"A border kid's poems about eighth grade, first love, big friendships, and standing up for what you believe in."--Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593462584
  • ISBN: 0593462580
  • Physical Description: 244 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Kokila, 2023.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Winter prologue -- Festive Barbecue -- Border Snow -- My Journal -- Summer -- Los Detallitos -- Sunday Morning at the Taquer©Øia -- The Kiss -- Her Song in My Blood -- They Call Her Fregona -- Romantic Advice -- My Own Research -- How Mom and Dad Got Together -- G©·uero y los Bobbys -- We Need a Drummer -- First Date -- Meeting Her Parents -- Joanna and las Morras -- ELL -- Joanna's First Bully -- Golfing Dads -- Two Mother's Days -- Baby Pictures -- Ten Things I Know about Each of the Bobbys -- Awards Ceremony -- The Tornado and My Bedroom -- What the Hallyu? -- Hanmegsiko Slang! -- Weather with Joanna -- The Last Day of Seventh Grade -- The Journal -- Snake's Promise -- My Town in June -- Beach Barbecue -- Grackles on the Lawn -- Teresa's Announcement -- What's with the X? -- Juntos con Conjunto -- The Violin and the Accordion -- Finding Handy's Rhythm -- Lucha with the Padillas -- Mixtape for Don Ad©Øan -- How Delgado Got His Voice -- Our Tree -- La Llorona in the Canal -- Making Kimbap with Mrs. Lee -- Fractures at Practice -- Venting to Joanna -- Just Whose Band Is It? -- Us versus Them -- Mr. Padilla Wakes Us Up -- Summer Slips By -- Fall -- What Happens to Mr. Padilla -- Snake Bite -- Trying to Comfort Joanna -- The Assembly -- Texting That Night -- The Stay -- Back on Campus -- Poetry Unit -- I'm Not Mr. Casas -- It's Not Castellano -- In the Principal's Office -- What's Your Real Name? -- Phone Call with Pap©Øa -- Las Morras -- La Mec©Øanica y el Traidor -- A la Ru-Ru -- Pronouns -- Lucky to Be in ESL -- Limbo -- Let's Organize -- Joanna's Reluctance -- Planning -- Protest -- Backlash -- Trolls -- Some Time for Myself -- What Happens to the Lee Family Store -- What's Wrong with Our Town? -- Epiphany in My Yard -- Sending Joanna Poems -- These Hands -- Echoes -- The Old Witch and the Flower Child -- Sitting with the Hard Truth -- I Feel So Proud of You -- Supplication -- Making Up -- Money Problems -- Luisa's Idea -- Joanna's Request -- Halloween Obstacle Course -- Di©Øa de Muertos -- The Benefit Begins -- The Paradox of the Stage -- Joanna's Song -- Meeting My Idol -- Spoiler Alert -- Lai of Resistance -- The Decision -- Just Hold Me, G©·uero -- Second Cold Front -- The Sign -- Like God Promised Eve -- A Week Without Her -- Thanksgiving Civil War -- Doubting Joanna -- Confrontation -- Take the Blows -- Into the Gap -- In the Hospital -- What Happened to Snake -- The Lull -- Delgado Leaves the Band -- Moving to Mexico -- Holding Hands in Dad's Old Truck -- Weekend Together -- Bobby Lee Confides in Me -- Ghazal for Guadalupe Tonantz©Øin -- Confronting Bobby Delgado -- Those Three Words -- Winter Break Begins -- Christmas Day epilogue -- All I Truly Want.
Target Audience Note:
NP Lexile.
Subject: Deportation > Juvenile fiction.
Dating (Social customs) > Juvenile fiction.
First loves > Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Poetry.
Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Novels in verse.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College.
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