The Horn Book Guide

OLDER FICTION

Manzano, Sonia

The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano

215 pp. | Scholastic | September, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-32505-9 $17.99

(2) YA Fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano has to give up her bedroom when her charismatic but opinionated grandmother (abuela) arrives from Puerto Rico. Abuela becomes involved with the Young Lords, a radical Puerto Rican Nationalist group of Spanish Harlem; Evelyn becomes increasingly radicalized and joins a protest occupation. Based on true events, the 1969-set story develops organically through well-realized fictional characters dealing with complex family dynamics. Reading list.

Reviewer: Kathleen T. Horning | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2012