Guadalupe Garcia McCall young adult literature". 2012 Pura Belpré Medal for narrative 2013 Tomás Rivera Book Award 2012 Americas Award, Consortium of Latin American Studies Program – Honorable Mention 2012 International Latino Book Award – Honorable Mention 2013 Westchester Young Adult Fiction Award – Winner 2013 Andre Norton Award for Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy Finalist 2013 Amelia Bloomer Project List Guadalupe Garcia McCall Guadalupe Garcia McCall is an award-winning author, poet, and educator. She was born in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. She is the recipient of the 2012 Pura Belpré Medal for narrative. Guadalupe Garcia McCall was born in Coauhila, a
Marisol Valles García the most dangerous places in the world. Residents hide in houses from fear of violence and death. In nearby Ciudad Juárez in October 2010, a gang killed over a dozen people, including children, at a birthday party. Several police officers in Ciudad Juárez have been abducted or killed, and Praxedis G. Guerrero's previous chief, Manuel Castro, was tortured and beheaded a year earlier. With all but three police officers having quit, mayor José Luis Guerrero desperately sought solutions. After a year without a police chief, 20-year-old Marisol Valles Garcia, who was a student working on a degree in criminology at