Thursday, April 5, 2012

under the mesquite


by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Lexile: 990
Genre: Novel in Verse

Lupita is the oldest of 8 and when her beloved, Mami, gets sick, she is left in charge of caring for her younger siblings. Lupita also has a gift with words and is hoping to be able to graduate from high school and go on to college. But as Mami gets sicker, she is forced to put her family first and her dreams on hold. Can she find the strength to follow her dreams?

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