The tequila worm
By: Viola Canales
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9780385746748; 9780385909051; 9780375840890
Subjects: Catholics; Families; Neighborhoods; Juvenile fiction; Family life; Fiction; Mexican Americans; Boarding schools; Schools
Description: Sofia grows up in the close-knit community of the barrio in McAllen, Texas, then finds that her experiences as a scholarship student at an Episcopal boarding school in Austin only strengthen her ties to family and her "comadres."
Notes: 012 & up.

Pura Belpré Author Award, 2006.

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2006.