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They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems

David Bowles

Ages: 12+

Published: 2022

Publisher: Kokila/Penguin Random House

ISBN: 978-0-593-46257-7

Keywords: Mexican Americans, Undocumented immigrants, music, Texas, Mexico, first love, Spanish language

Güero, a Mexican American boy, falls in love with "tough girl" Joanna (Fregona) and tries to help save her dad from deportation. Free verse. Glossary. Also available in Spanish