Guadalupe Garcia McCall is the author of the book under the mesquite this book is about her mother illness disrupts their close family life.The main character are Lupita and her mom because Lupita is telling her life and how a big challenges in a book.The setting of the book is in the begging is in Mexico and after those few chapters their are in the united states in Texas.Under the Mesquite is about a girl named Lupita is a girl trying to life a normal life even though her family is going through rough times.I like the book writing style because it's in poem style and it makes it more easier to read it and it keeps the reader still want to read.One quote from under the mesquite is "he is not the same papi that he was before the cancer took over our lifes". In my opinion I strongly agree that you should read under the mesquite is a good book to read because it an poem boo -k nice wording and sad book i would reccomend under the mesquite.under the mesquite won an pura belpre award.