Sofia comes from a family of story tellers. Her grandmother could kick like a mule and her grandfather had the teeth of one. Her tia is the biggest story teller of them all, using bag full of tokens from the many adventures of their family members for emphasis. When Sofia's aunt can no longer tell the stories of their family is is time for Sophia to take over. In each chapter the reader gets to hear another story of Sofia's life from early childhood to her teen years when she earns a scholarship to a wealthy private school. My personal favorite story tells of Sofia's first communion. When I read that Sofia feared a bite of chocolate before could lead to her eternal damnation I laughed out loud. Havighurst said that one stage of development that adolescents go through is a changing relation with their parents. The tequila worm follows Sofia from young childhood when her mother could be the righter of wrongs and her father funny to her teen years when her parents become obstacles to her attending a new private university. Sofia has to learn to speak to her parents as an adult rather than a child, tattling because her cousin ate most of her candy. The tequila worm would be a great addition to middle school/ junior high level libraries. Most students could enjoy and relate to the metamorphosis Sofia undergoes throughout the book.
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