by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Me and verse novels are a bit like oil and water... they don't mix often. Out of the Dust remains my favorite by far; few others even touch that. This was one of the better ones I've read in the past few years (alongside Inside Out and Back Again). I expected a bit more focus on Mami's cancer battle...
Originally published at my blog Chasing Empty PavementsI had mixed emotions going into this novel. I noticed it was in verse and I haven't been fond of too many books written in verse yet I LOVED the subject matter. I love the Hispanic culture, language and coming of age stories, so I sort of alrea...
Lupita is a mexican-american girl growing up in the state of Texas with her parents and her seven siblings. One day she eavesdrops on a conversation between her parentsand finds out that her mother suffers from cancer. While Lupita struggles with the ever occurring changes that make up the teenage y...
A beautifully written family story and an impressive debut novel.
Beautiful absolutely beautiful. Under the Mesquite is a story about a young girl growing up to adulthood. It is a story about saying good-bye and about the loss of a loved one so integral to one’s life that it is impossible to imagine life without them. Under the Mesquite is about a family’s jour...
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