![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is “puro mexicano.”Īs a child of dual cultures who has learned to float between different groups, Güero uses variations of language to express himself. Observant readers looking back to Zeke Peña’s digitally rendered cover art will notice that, as Güero and his dog run through the chaparral, the boy’s freckles and hair-along with the Huehuehcoyotl (“Feathered Coyote”) Nahual mask he wears-perfectly match the cinnamon-colored sand. Like his idol, the great Mexican boxer, Saul “Canelo” Álvarez, the boy whom everyone calls “Güero” is cinnamon-toned, too. And he’s learning what he’s been given to do. Here, our super-smart protagonist and poet clearly knows who he is and what he comes from. Memories from the author’s own childhood experiences-as well as those of his son, his friends, and the young men he worked with as a middle-school teacher-inform this too-slim book of poetry from the perspective of a 12-year-old Chicano border kid entering the seventh grade. Review Source: De Colores: The Raza Experience in Books for Children ![]()
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