They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems Cover:Hardcover and LaGuardia is a public

and LaGuardia is a public school in Manhattan—which her mom would not approve of

to sometimes letting go

this lyrical text introduces young readers to the breakfast-to-bedtime routines

their need to work twice as hard and be twice as good

They Call Her Fregona: A Border Kid's Poems Cover:Hardcover and LaGuardia is a publicA companion to the Pura Belpr Honor book They Call Me Gero You can be my boyfriend. It only takes five words to change Geros life at the end of seventh grade. The summer becomes extra busy as he learns to balance new band practice with his old crew, Los Bobbys, and being Joanna Padillas boyfriend. They call her fregona because shes tough, always sticking up for her family and keeping the school bully in check. But Gero sees her softness. Together they