Under the mesquite / Guadalupe Garcia McCall.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781600604294
- ISBN: 1600604293
- Physical Description: 224 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Lee & Low Books, 2011.
Content descriptions
- Target Audience Note:
- 990L Lexile990L Lexile.
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.7 3 106917.Accelerated Reader blank 5.7 3.0 106917.
- Awards Note:
- William C. Morris Award finalist, 2012Pura Belpré Author Award, 2012Morris Debut Award finalist, 2012
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- Subject:
- Coming of age > Fiction.
Responsibility > Fiction.
Families > Texas > Fiction.
Cancer > Fiction.
Mexican Americans > Texas > Fiction.
Texas > Fiction. - Genre:
- Novels in verse.
Coming-of-age fiction
Young adult fiction.
Available copies
- 133 of 136 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 136 total copies.
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