Research Catalog

Title

Under the mesquite / Guadalupe Garcia McCall.

Author

McCall, Guadalupe Garcia

Publication

New York : Lee & Low Books, [2011]

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Details

Description

224 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

Lupita, the oldest of eight siblings, is used to taking the lead - and staying busy behind the scenes to help keep everyone together. But when she discover Mami has been diagnosed with cancer, Lupita is terrified by the possibility of losing her mother, the anchor of their close-knit Mexican American family. Suddenly Lupita must face a whole new set of challenges, with must face a whole new set of challenges, with new roles to play, and no one is handing her the script. In the midst of juggling high school classes, finding her voice as an actress, and dealing with friends who don't always understand, Lupita desperately wants to support Mami in whatever way she can. While Papi is preoccupied with caring for Mami, Lupita takes charge of her siblings. As Lupita struggles to keep the family afloat, she escapes the chaos at home by writing in the shade of a mesquite tree. Overwhelmed by change, she seeks refuge in the healing power of words. Told with honest emotion in evocative free verse, Lupita's journey is both heart-wrenching and hopeful. Under the Mesquite is an empowering story about the testing of family bonds, the strength of a teenage girl navigating pain and hardship with surprising resilience, and the kind of love that cannot be uprooted. -- From dust jacket.

Series Statement

Texas Lone Star Reading List, 2013-2014

Subject

• Coming of age > Juvenile poetry
• Responsibility > Juvenile poetry
• Families > Texas > Juvenile poetry
• Cancer > Juvenile poetry
• Mexican Americans > Texas > Juvenile poetry
• Coming of age > Fiction
• Responsibility > Fiction
• Family life > Texas > Fiction
• Cancer > Fiction
• Mexican Americans > Texas > Fiction
• JUVENILE FICTION > Social Themes > Death & Dying
• Cancer
• Coming of age
• Families
• Mexican Americans
• Responsibility
• Coahuila (Mexico : State) > Juvenile poetry
• Texas > Fiction
• Mexico > Coahuila (State)
• Texas
• Texas > Juvenile poetry

Genre/Form

• Juvenile works.
• Novels in verse.
• Poetry.
• Bildungsromans.

Note

• "Reinforced binding"--Jacket.

Audience (note)

• Young Adult.
• 990L

Awards (note)

• William C. Morris Award finalist, 2012
• Pura Belpré Author Award, 2012
• Morris Debut Award finalist, 2012

Contents

Part one. The weight of words: The story of us : Eagle Pass, Texas, freshman year of high school -- Thorns -- Something's different -- Chismosa -- The talk -- The sacrifice. -- Part two. Remembering: Six years old, Pedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -- The gift of words -- Uprooted -- En los estados unidos -- Sisters -- Bebés. -- Part three. Crossing borders: After the storm : summer after freshman year -- Elotes : Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, sophomore year -- Las telenovelas -- Drama -- Quinceañera -- Señorita To be or not to be Mexican -- Swimming the Rio Grande : San Vincente, Coahuila, Mexico -- The notebook -- On the way -- A moment in the spotlight. -- Part four. Give us this day: News : junior year -- Mami's roses -- The actress -- What's gone -- A simple plan -- Mother, may I : summer after junior year -- Making tortillas -- A mesquite in the rose garden -- Pomegranates, perch, and roasted doves -- Ice cream from heaven. -- Part five. Cut like a diamond: Mami's home : senior year -- Good-bye to Mexico : San Vincente, Coahuila, Mexico -- Apparition -- The natural -- At the hospital -- A night to remember -- Mi madre. -- Part six . Words on the wind: Poems from under the mesquite -- Changes : summer after senior year -- At abuelita's house : Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico -- Homecoming -- Permission -- The bus ticket -- In the parking lot : Alpine, Texas. -- Acknowledgments -- Names, Spanish words, and cultural references.

Call Number

JFD 12-2567

ISBN

• 9781600604294
• 1600604293

LCCN

2010052567

OCLC

617461784

Author

McCall, Guadalupe Garcia, author.

Title

Under the mesquite / Guadalupe Garcia McCall.

Publisher

New York : Lee & Low Books, [2011]

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Ethnic/cultural group: Mexican Americans

National/regional group: Texans

Gender group: Women

Occupational/field of activity group: Teachers

Series

Texas Lone Star Reading List, 2013-2014

Audience

Young Adult.

990L Lexile.

Study Program

Accelerated Reader blank 5.7 3.0 106917.

Awards

William C. Morris Award finalist, 2012

Pura Belpré Author Award, 2012

Morris Debut Award finalist, 2012

Research Call Number

JFD 12-2567