![]() Meanwhile, family members continue to draw strength and support from each other on both sides of the border. Cortez, helps her find an outlet for her talent and her pain. As she worries about food and money, Lupita experiences the typical troubles and triumphs of a teenage girl her drama teacher, Mr. ![]() While her mother fights the disease and her father struggles to support the family financially, Lupita sometimes becomes the de facto parental unit for her seven younger siblings. During her freshman year, Lupita discovers that her mother has cancer. ![]() A resilient Mexican-American girl copes with familial obligation and loss in this free-verse novel.ĭrawing from her own teen years for inspiration, McCall highlights life in the borderlands: “ En los Estados Unidos / I trained my tongue / and twisted syllables / to form words / that sounded hollow, / like the rain at midnight / dripping into tin pails / through the thatched roof / of our abuelita’s house.” Lupita’s first-person tale captures pivotal moments of her high-school years in the border town of Eagle Pass, Texas, with glimpses back at her first six years in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. ![]()
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