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    <body><![CDATA[Tequila Worm is intriguing.  It opened a door for me, a non-Latino, into a world that is complicated and unfamiliar to me.  Especially touching were the cafeteria scenes.  Ms. Canales does a great job illustrating the complex nature of interpersonal/inter-racial relationships and finding a safe plac...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8961986">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Tequila Worm by Victoria Canales, is a coming-of-age story set in the Mexican barrios of Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, sometime in the early 1960’s. The main character, Sofia, tries to find a way follow her dreams without losing her family connections.  When Sofia wins a scholarship to an elite...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45208720">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An absolutely splendid novel, especially for anyone from Texas, especially for anyone near the border.  Sofia is a young girl who dreams of life beyond &quot;The Valley,&quot; what South Texas Residents call The Rio Grande Valley.  Most people she knows can't comprehend why anyone would want to move...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65930073">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[<em>The Tequila Worm</em> <br/>Viola Canales <br/>Wendy Lamb Books<br/>2005<br/>$7.99<br/>199 pgs<br/>Family, Self Discovery <br/>978-0375-84089-0<br/><br/>This touching book tells the story of Sofia and her life in a Mexican barrio. The novel explains Sofia’s journey of becoming a “comadre” w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51853081">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it.  Gave it to my daughter.  Want to fill her bookshelves with strong young women characters.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoyed this 2006 Pura Belpre award winner for my YA class. It was a really good book and I believe semi-autobiographical about the author (similiar to Sherman Alexie's &quot;The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian&quot;). Sofia lives in the barrio in McAllen, TX, though I can't qui...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71933425">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I have a feeling that this book is actually, more or less, Canales' autobiography.  This makes me very reluctant to criticize it. Furthermore, it's a great story.  However, the writing felt very superficial to me.  The story was sweet and tender, but it felt like every plot change, every wise word s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58970483">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed Viola Canales' book, The Tequila Worm. The story is about Sophia who grew up in McAllen, Texas. She has a close family. I learned lots about the Mexican-American culture reading this book. Sophia is given the opportunity to go to a private boarding school here in Austin, which must be St. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51831644">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My daughters and I read this right before we went to Mexico and then discussed it there which made the book very pertinent as it contained a lot of Mexican culture and also my son was serving an LDS mission in California spanish speaking so it made me understand more the people he was teaching.  I h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44569320">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Readers of The Tequila Worm get the treat of reading stories of Sofia as she grows from a funny young girl into an ambitious teenager. Each chapter in the book focuses on a different aspect of Mexican-American culture. Sofia works hard at school and soccer to prove she is better than a racist classm...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53635342">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really wanted this book to be great, since the author is a Valley gal (mcallen) But the stories were just okay. You didnt get more than the stereotypical average stories and the whole &quot;bean tacos for lunch&quot; trauma story has been soooo overdone that it was predictable. The way every Spani...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54357954">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book would probably have to be one of my favorites just because my elementry librarian recommened it to me. She was great. Ah.. old little Mrs. Miller. She's probably passed away now. Haha. I hope not. Honestly though, this book inspired me to want to go to collage. Haha. Yeah I know, weird!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A young teenage girl named Sofia tells of her coming of age in the barrio (neighborhood) of McAllen Texas.  She is part of a close community that loves and supports each other.  The book is rich in the Mexican American culture including cascarones (confetti eggs), a quinceañera (an elaborate fiftee...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31827814">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[Sofia comes from a family of storytellers. Here are her tales of growing up in the barrio, full of the magic and mystery of family traditions: making Easter <em>cascarones</em>, celebrating <em>el Dia de los Muertos, </em>preparing for <em>quincea&#8211;era, </em>rejoicing in the Christmas <em>nacimiento</em>, and curing homesickness by eating the tequila worm. When Sofia is singled out to receive a scholarship to an elite boarding school, she longs to explore life beyond the barrio, even though it means leaving her family to navigate a strange world of rich, privileged kids. It's a different <em>mundo</em>, but one where Sofia's traditions take on new meaning and illuminate her path.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sofia makes me think of myself, someone who often feels caught between two conflicting mundos. The book covers cascarones, Catholicism, ethnic pride, the canicula, tamales, the nacimiento, quinceaneras, calaveras, el dia de los muertos, and claro, the tequila worm eaten to help ward off homesickness...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42655415">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice look into growing up in the Mexican-American culture but somewhere along the way the story lost my interest.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not care for this book.  It is about the struggles of a Mexican-American girl. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Cool teaches you how really be a friend]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed Viola Canales' book, The Tequila Worm.  The story is about Sophia who grew up in McAllen, Texas.  She has a close family.  I learned lots about the Mexican-American culture reading this book.  Sophia is given the opportunity to go to a private boarding school here in Austin, which must be ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23881640">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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