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
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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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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Book Trailers 2

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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, 2016-2021
Honor, 2019

SLJ Best Books of the Year, 2010 - 2020
Selection, 2018
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