Guadalupe Garcia Mccall Reading Rockets

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-Nov 2, 2025, 2:49 PM

Born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico and raised in Eagle Pass, Texas, Guadalupe García McCall is the award-winning author of several young adult novels, some short stories for adults, and many children’s poems. Guadalupe has received the Prestigious Pura Belpre Award, a Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award, the Tomás Rivera Mexican-American Children’s Book Award, and was a finalist for the William C. Morris Award and the Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy, among many other accolades. Fluent in both English and Spanish, Guadalupe is a compelling speaker who has visited many middle schools, high schools, universities, festivals, conferences, and organizations all over the country. In 2016, she was invited to give a writing workshop and a keynote address at the Sirens Women In Fantasy Conference. In the spring of 2017, Guadalupe was selected as the Inaugural Artist in Residence by the Arne Nixon Center where she visited local high schools and taught courses at California State University Fresno.

Also in 2017, Guadalupe gave the keynote for the National Latino Children’s Literature Conference in San Antonio, Texas. In 2018, she gave the keynote at the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts Conference in Galveston, Texas. In 2021, Guadalupe had the honor of moderating the panel, Hispanic Heritage Month Authors Series, Celebrating Latino Experience, History, People, & Cultures, US Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA with the... However, her proudest distinction came when her alma mater, Sul Ross State University (SRSU), selected to feature her image and biography on their Living the Dream II – Cultural Pride on Campus mural outside... As an educator, Guadalupe taught K-12 in San Antonio Texas for decades before she moved to the Pacific Northwest to teach undergraduate courses in literature, women’s studies, and creative writing at George Fox University... She is currently a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing in the low residency MFA Creative Writing program at Antioch University in Los Angeles, CA, where she teaches graduate courses.

As an educator, author, poet, and speaker, Guadalupe is an advocate for literacy, diverse books, and Own Voices. She is now a full-time author/part time educator and lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband, Jim, where she is working on two more books, Secret of the Moon Conch and Hearts of... Guadalupe Garcia McCall is an author, poet, and educator. She was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.[1] She is the recipient of the 2012 Pura Belpré Medal[2] for narrative. Guadalupe Garcia McCall was born in Coauhila, a Mexican state adjacent to Texas. She immigrated to the United States with her family when she was six years old, and grew up in Eagle Pass, a small border town in South Texas.[3] When McCall was 17 years old,...

She holds a B.A. in Theatre and English from Sul Ross State University in Alpine and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. McCall currently serves as an assistant professor of English at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon.[5] Her first novel, Under the Mesquite, debuted in October 2011 and received the prestigious Pura Belpré Award for... 47 Total Resources 24 Total Book Awards 10 Books Created by Mendocino Coast Writers' Conference Created by Young Adult Library Services Association - YALSA

by David Bowles and Guadalupe Garcia McCall by David Bowles and Guadalupe Garcia McCall This Q&A with author and former teacher Guadalupe García McCall and Lee & Low Literacy Specialist Michelle Fuentes originally appeared in the CABE 2023 Edition of Multilingual Educator. Guadalupe’s latest novel, Echoes of Grace, is available wherever books are sold! Guadalupe García McCall is the award-winning author of Summer of the Mariposas (El verano de las mariposas) and won the Pura Belpré Award for her first novel, Under the Mesquite. She was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, México, and moved to Eagle Pass, Texas as a young girl, keeping close ties with family on both sides of the border.

She taught secondary students from grades six through ten for twenty-four years in San Antonio, Texas. She recently retired as an assistant professor at George Fox University in Oregon. She is a full-time author and abuelita. Find her online at ggmccall.com. In this conversation with Michelle Fuentes, former English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) middle school educator and current Literacy Specialist at Lee & Low Books, Guadalupe shares her experiences and strategies working with... This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

What strategies work well with students to support bilingualism, biculturalism, and biliteracy? Michelle Fuentes: As a Spanish and ESOL teacher, I learned many strategies to help students acquire language. I consistently used real-life examples to help students connect with the content, which helped increase student engagement and understanding. As an ESOL educator, it is also important to break down barriers that English Language Learner (ELL) students may feel when learning English. You must reinforce and educate students that their native language is a tool that has put them ahead of others because they already know another language. It is a lot of work changing some students’ mindsets about their limited English proficiency.

I did a lot of work with my students to teach them that their language is an asset and to use it. I taught students how to use cognates in their learning, as well as how to convey language through body movements and cues. ON THE TENTH SEASON OF THE ARCHIVE PROJECT, ENJOY DISCUSSIONS FROM PORTLAND ARTS & LECTURES, PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL, AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS FROM OUR HOME IN PORTLAND, OREGON AND BEYOND. Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation with Omar El Akkad (Rebroadcast) Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our community space and bookstore at 716 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.

Literary Arts, Inc. is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Copyright © 2025 Literary Arts Made by Needmore Designs HEARTS OF FIRE AND SNOW Blanca Montes has goals. She wants to make a difference in the world and accomplish more than heroverbearing godfather or spoiled boyfriend think she’s capable of. So when Gregorio Chan, a handsomeand confident new guy shows up at her Nevada school, she is ready for a big change.

Greg Chan also has goals, but they were determined centuries ago, when two star-crossed lovers took their own lives… Princess Itzac, who believed her beloved was sent to his death in battle, and Captain... Popoca was cursed by the gods to cycle through lives until he finds his love… SECRET OF THE MOON CONCH Award-winning authors David Bowles and Guadalupe García McCall join forces to craft a sweeping fantasy romance about falling in love despite all odds. In modern-day Mexico, Sitlali has no family left and has caught the attention of a dangerous gang leader. She has no choice but to make the perilous trip to the US border and track down her long-absent father. The night before her journey, she finds a beautiful conch shell detailed with ancient markings.

In 1521, Calizto is an Aztec young warrior in Tenochtitlan, fighting desperately to save his city from Spanish imperialists. With his family dead and the horrors of war surrounding him,… ECHOES OF GRACE Teacher’s Guide A tragic accident in the young lives of sisters, Graciela (Grace) and Mercedes (Mercy) Torres, sets off a chain of events in which Grace flounders to restore her relationship... Flashbacks, premonitions, and visitations from the other side all weave a mysterious tapestry that weighs heavily on Grace’s shoulders as she tries to navigate memories of a time three years earlier when she ran... In the present—amidst the mundanities of college homework and dating—Grace tries to figure out if the things happening in her… El verano de las mariposas ¡Ahora, ésta odisea se ofrece en español!

Odilia and her four sisters rival the mythical Odysseus in cleverness and courage as they embark on their own hero’s journey. After finding a drowned man floating in their secret swimming hole along the Rio Grande, the sisters trekacross the border to bring the body to the man’s family in Mexico. But returning home turns into an odyssey of their own. Outsmarting mythical creatures, and with the supernatural aid of spectral La Llorona via a magical earring, Odilia and her little sisters make their way along a road of trials to make it to their... THE KEEPER Inspired by a terrifying true story, acclaimed author Guadalupe Garcia McCall creates a twisty tale about a boy desperately trying to survive in a new town with a history of disappearing children. No sooner have he and his family arrived in their “perfect” new home in their “perfect” new town than he starts getting mysterious letters from someone called the Keeper.

Someone who claims to be watching him. Someone who is looking for “young blood.” James and his sister, Ava, are obviously in danger. But the problem with having a history of playing practical jokes is that no one believes James—not even his parents. Now James and Ava need…

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