{"id":49962,"date":"2022-11-06T11:12:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T16:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=49962"},"modified":"2022-11-01T13:26:08","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T17:26:08","slug":"they-call-her-fregona-a-border-kids-poems-by-david-bowles-in-shelf-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/they-call-her-fregona-a-border-kids-poems-by-david-bowles-in-shelf-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid’s Poems by David Bowles [in Shelf Awareness]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"David Bowles\u00a0continues his eloquent, autobiographical narration of the “border kid” experience in\u00a0They Call Her Fregona<\/em>, a captivating novel-in-verse companion to his 2019 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Honor book,\u00a0They Call Me G\u00fcero<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Joanna Padilla, the titular fregona, is a “tough girl,” first introduced in\u00a0G\u00fcero<\/em>. After Joanna saved G\u00fcero from bully Snake Barrera, she let G\u00fcero be her boyfriend because it “took guts to ask a girl for help.” The pair are now a solid couple, sharing kisses and integrating into each other’s families and friend groups: G\u00fcero’s los Bobbys and Joanna’s las Morras (“the Girls”). When Joanna’s father is grabbed by ICE in front of the school on the first day of eighth grade, she needs not only G\u00fcero’s support, but assistance from their entire border community. In between organizing, planning, and protesting, G\u00fcero’s life must go on \u2013 he has band practice with los Bobbys, fights against “old school literary nonsense,” friends’ crushes to navigate, and “Decolonized Thanksgiving” to celebrate.<\/p>\n

Bowles once more showcases a linguistic feast, storytelling via various poetic forms (sonnet, heroic quatrain, haiku, sestet) and intertwining languages (including Korean). At narrative’s end, Bowles appends a helpful 15-page glossary for enhanced understanding. He also adds a delightful note in which he shares that his readers were already requesting “a part two” even before the impressive success of\u00a0G\u00fcero<\/em>. “But it needs to be about Joanna,” they insisted, because “she’s the best character in the book.”<\/p>\n

Discover<\/strong>:\u00a0A delightful, poignant companion novel-in-verse to a 2019 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Honor book They Call Me G\u00fcero<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Children’s & Young Adult,” Shelf Awareness<\/em>, September 23, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Middle Grade, Young Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Bowles\u00a0continues his eloquent, autobiographical narration of the “border kid” experience in\u00a0They Call Her Fregona, a captivating novel-in-verse companion to his 2019 Pura Belpr\u00e9 Honor book,\u00a0They Call Me G\u00fcero. Joanna Padilla, the titular fregona, is a “tough girl,” first introduced in\u00a0G\u00fcero. 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