| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
224 pages ; 22 cm. |
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Educational level group: edu High school students lcdgt |
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Age group: age Teenagers lcdgt |
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Ethnic/cultural group: eth Mexican Americans lcdgt |
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National/regional group: nat Texans lcdgt |
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Gender group: gdr Women lcdgt |
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Occupational/field of activity group: occ Teachers lcdgt |
| Series |
Texas Lone Star Reading List, 2013-2014
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| Note |
"Reinforced binding"--Jacket. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Awards |
William C. Morris Award finalist, 2012 |
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Pura Belpré Author Award, 2012 |
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Morris Debut Award finalist, 2012 |
| Audience |
Young Adult. |
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990L Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader blank 5.7 3.0 106917. |
| Genre/Form |
Young adult fiction.
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| Subject |
Coming of age -- Juvenile poetry.
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Responsibility -- Juvenile poetry.
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Families -- Texas -- Juvenile poetry.
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Cancer -- Juvenile poetry.
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Juvenile poetry.
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Texas -- Juvenile poetry.
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Coahuila (Mexico : State) -- Juvenile poetry.
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Coming of age -- Fiction.
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Responsibility -- Fiction.
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Family life -- Texas -- Fiction.
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Cancer -- Fiction.
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Fiction.
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Texas -- Fiction.
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JUVENILE FICTION -- Social Themes -- Death & Dying.
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Cancer. (OCoLC)fst00845317
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Coming of age. (OCoLC)fst01763769
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Families. (OCoLC)fst01728849
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Mexican Americans. (OCoLC)fst01019072
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Responsibility. (OCoLC)fst01095857
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Mexico -- Coahuila (State)
(OCoLC)fst01330988
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Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
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Responsibility -- Fiction.
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Family life -- Texas -- Fiction.
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Cancer -- Fiction.
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Mexican Americans -- Texas -- Fiction.
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Texas -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Narrative poetry. (OCoLC)fst01726682
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Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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Novels in verse. (OCoLC)fst01921724
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Poetry. (OCoLC)fst01423828
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Bildungsromans.
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Narrative poetry.
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Novels in verse.
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Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2011.
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| ISBN |
9781600604294 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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1600604293 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9781600608759 (ebook) |
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1600608752 (ebook) |
