Malú’s mom, who Malú has nicknamed SuperMexican, wants Malú to embrace her Mexican heritage and does not support Malú’s punk aesthetic. Her first days in Chicago are fraught with anxiety, as she attempts to adjust to life in a new city and being away from her dad. Malú is not looking forward to the move, nor starting 7th grade at José Guadalupe Posada Middle School. Her father owns Spins & Needles, a record shop, and it’s through him that Malú inherits her love of music, and especially punk rock. Malú’s mom is Mexican-American, and her dad is white. The book’s protagonist, 12-year-old María Luisa O’Neill-Morales, who goes by Malú, is about to move with her mom from Gainesville, Florida to Chicago, in order for her mom to take a teaching position in the latter city.
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