Under the Mesquite
by McCall, Guadalupe Garcia
William C. Morris Award/HonorPura Belpré Award/Honor BookTomás Rivera Mexican American Children'sAmelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award/HonorFamilyCancerParents & Parental FiguresHispanic & Latinx People
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AR Book Level
5.7
AR Points
3
Word Count
16,715
Interest Level
Middle Grades Plus (MG+ 6 and up)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
106917 EN
About this book
In free verse, Lupita tells her story of how, throughout her high-school years as her mother battles cancer, she takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry.