Jazz Owls
A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
Perfect for history buffs, dance enthusiasts, poets, and just about anyone looking for a great story. —School Library Journal (starred review) From the Young People's Poet Laureate Margarita Engle comes a searing novel in verse about the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943.Thousands of young Navy sailors are pouring into Los Angeles on their way to the front lines of World War II. They are teenagers, scared, longing to feel alive before they have to face the horrors of battle. Hot jazz music spiced with cool salsa rhythms beckons them to dance with the local Mexican American girls, who jitterbug all night before working all day in the canneries. Proud to…
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Weitere Autoren: Gutierrez, Rudy (Illustr.)
- ISBN: 978-1-5344-0945-3
- EAN: 9781534409453
- Produktnummer: 25596518
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster Inc.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 192 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 12'374 KB
- Abbildungen: f-c cvr
- Sonstiges: Ab 12 - 99 J.
Über den Autor
Margarita Engle is the Cuban American author of many books including the verse novels Your Heart, My Sky; With a Star in My Hand; The Surrender Tree, a Newbery Honor winner; and The Lightning Dreamer. Her verse memoirs include Soaring Earth and Enchanted Air, which received the Pura Belpré Award, a Walter Dean Myers Award Honor, and was a finalist for the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction, among others. Her picture books include Drum Dream Girl; Dancing Hands; and The Flying Girl. Visit her at MargaritaEngle.com.
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A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
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