They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems
by David Bowles
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Year Published 2018
Word Count 11,369
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.1
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 503683
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Spanish
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Middle school boys
- Juvenile Fiction | School & Education
- Poetry--Fiction
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - Hispanic & Latino
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Poetry
- Novels in verse
- Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
- Lists With This Book
- Latinx and Latin American Secondary
- Battle of the Books 2021 - Grade 5 Divis
Our Original Resources 5
Meet-the-Author Recording with David Bowles about They Call Me Güero
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Audio Name Pronunciation with David Bowles
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Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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About the Author 3
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
Story Map Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from Cinco Puntos Press
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Vocabulary Lists 1
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Awards & Distinctions 7
Pura Belpré Awards, 1996-2020
Author Honor, 2019
Tomás Rivera Book Award, 1996-2020
Winner, 2019
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2020
Commended, 2019
Skipping Stones Honor Awards, 1994-2020
Multicultural and International Honor, 2019
Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature, 2016-2020
Honor, 2019
SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2019
Selection, 2018
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