Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots.
Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots.
By
:
Engle, Margarita.
Publication Date
:
2018
Subject Term
:
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 -- Fiction.
Race relations -- Fiction.
Mexican Americans -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction.
Novels in verse -- Fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Geographic Term
:
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
Additional Contributors
:
Gutierrez, Rudy,
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.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781534409439
| Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Status |
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | YA Fic | YA Fiction | FIC ENG | Checked In |