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A 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 gradeThe 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 fregonabecause shes tough always sticking up for her family and keeping the school bully in check But Gero sees her softnessTogether they cook dollarstore spaghetti and hold hands in the orange grove learning more about themselves and each other than they could have imagined But when they start eighth grade Joanna faces a tragedy that requires Gero to reconsider what it means to show up for someone you love

Honoring multiple poetic traditions They Call Her Fregona is a bittersweet firstlove story in verse and the highly anticipated followup to They Call Me Gero

This audiobook includes a downloadable PDF that contains a glossary of terms from the book