Title: Under the mesquite
Description: Throughout her high school years, as her mother battles cancer, Lupita takes on more responsibility for her house and seven younger siblings, while finding refuge in acting and writing poetry. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.
Subjects: Coming of age, Mexican Americans, Responsibility, Cancer, Family life, Texas, Fiction, Families, Juvenile fiction, Bildungsromans, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Children's fiction, Family life, fiction, Cancer, fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, Texas, fiction, Juvenile poetry
Places: Texas