They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems

by David Bowles

Book Overview

A companion to the Pura Belpr? 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593462572
• ISBN13: 9780593462577
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Kokila
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher