Gabi, A Girl In Pieces

Quintero, I. (2014). Gabi, a girl in pieces. El Paso, Texas: Cinco Puntos Press. Seventeen-year-old Gabi Hernandez is trying to survive her senior year while facing many set backs on her road to college. Gabi dreams of going to Berkley, but her mother doesn’t think that good Mexican girls should leave home and go to college unless they are “bad girls” or are trying to be “white.” Gabi has to deal with her best friend’s pregnancy, her friend coming out, her father’s drug addiction, and being a fat girl. Gabi soon finds out that poetry will help her heal her wounds and that fat girls can find love. Gabi, a Girl in Pieces is the 2015 Morris Award winner. Students who enjoyed this novel about being a Hispanic girl trying to overcome stereotypes will also enjoy reading Estrella’s Quincenera by Malin Alegria.