Title: The tequila worm
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."
Subjects: Catholics, Families, Neighborhoods, Juvenile fiction, Family life, Fiction, Mexican Americans, Boarding schools, Schools, Neighborhood, Family life, fiction, Mexican americans, fiction, Boarding schools, fiction, Texas, fiction, Children's fiction, award:Pura_Belpre_award, lexile:830, lexile_range:801-900, age:min:12, age:max:15, grade:min:7, grade:max:9
Places: Texas