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They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems by David Bowles is a novel in verse about a young Mexican-American boy named Guero who writes poetry about his experiences growing up on the U.S.-Mexico border, mixing Spanish, English, and Chicano dialects. Through vignettes about family, friends, and school life, Guero explores themes of identity, culture, bilingualism, racial privilege, and the significance of the border wall. Topics in the book include racial issues and family separation.