| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
179 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 178). |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal starred, February 2018 |
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Library Media Connection starred, May 2018 |
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Booklist, February 2018 |
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Horn Book, November 2018 |
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Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2018 |
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Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2018 |
| Summary |
In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother, Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Includes historical note. |
| Audience |
Young Adult Follett School Solutions. |
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1300 Lexile. |
| Subject |
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 -- Fiction.
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Race relations -- Fiction.
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Dancing -- Fiction.
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Sailors -- Fiction.
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Mexican Americans -- Fiction.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Fiction.
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Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Novels in verse.
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| Added Author |
Gutierrez, Rudy, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Engle, Margarita, author. Jazz owls First edition. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018] 9781534409453 (DLC) 2017038525 |
| ISBN |
9781534409439 |
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