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A companion to the Pura Belpr� Honor book They Call Me G�ero �You can be my boyfriend.� It only takes five words to change G�ero�s life at the end of seventh grade. The summer becomes extra busy as he learns to balance new band practice with his old crew, Los Bobbys, and being Joanna Padilla�s boyfriend. They call her �fregona� because she�s tough, always sticking up for her family and keeping the school bully in check. But G�ero sees her softness. Together they cook dollar-store spaghetti and hold hands in the orange grove, learning more about themselves and each other than they could have imagined. But when they start eighth grade, Joanna faces a tragedy that requires G�ero to reconsider what it means to show up for someone you love. Honoring multiple poetic traditions, They Call Her Fregona is a bittersweet first-love story in verse and the highly anticipated follow-up to They Call Me G�ero.