Under the Mesquite

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In “Under the Mesquite,” Guadalupe Garcia McCall, writing in emotionally riveting free verse, gracefully manages to convey the experience of growing up in a bicultural community in Texas with geographical accuracy and a radiating authentic voice for its main protagonist fourteen-year-old Lupita, the oldest of eight children who is dealing with her mother's terminal illness.

Fiction, General Fiction
Pura Belpré Children's Author Award 2012 (Medal Winner)
Age: Older
Format: Book
ISBN: 9781600604294

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