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179 pp.
| Atheneum
| May, 2018
|
TradeISBN 978-1-5344-0943-9$17.99
|
EbookISBN 978-1-5344-0945-3
(2)
YA
Illustrated by
Rudy Gutierrez.
Real-life victim José Díaz is killed at a party in 1942 Los Angeles--leading to police racial profiling, biased news coverage, the trial and conviction of "a bunch / of Mexican kids," and the terrorizing of Mexican American neighborhoods and jazz-dancing zoot suiters by gangs of white sailors. Engle's historical novel in free verse weaves together plenty of voices for a vivid look at a seldom-represented moment in U.S. history. Bib.
(4)
K-3
I Can Read Book series.
Illustrated by
Aleksey Ivanov
&
Olga Ivanov.
Ballerina kitten Mia begins taking jazz dance classes. She loves the new style but wishes that her plain black shoes were "as jazzy as dancing." With a little creativity and a lot of sparkles, Mia makes her shoes worthy of her exuberant new dance form. Brief sentences and repeated sight words make the slim story accessible. The pastel- and twirl-heavy illustrations add humor. Glos.