The Resource Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots, Margarita Engle ; art by Rudy Gutierrez
Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots, Margarita Engle ; art by Rudy Gutierrez
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- Summary
- Thousands of Navy sailors are pouring into Los Angeles on their way to the front lines of World War II. They are young, scared, and longing to feel alive before they have to face the horrors of battle. Hot jazz music spiced with cool salsa rhythms calls them to dance with the local Mexican American girls, who jitterbug all night before working all day in the canneries. Proud to do their part for the war effort, these Jazz Owl girls dance with the sailors until the blazing summer night when racial violence leads to murder. Suddenly the restless white sailors are attacking the girls' brothers and boyfriends. The cool, loose zoot suits they wear are supposedly the reason for the violence - but really these boys are viciously beaten and arrested simply because of the color of their skin. In soaring images and searing poems, this is the breathtaking story of what became known as the Zoot Suit Riots as only Margarita Engle could tell it. -- From dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 179 pages
- Contents
-
- The River of Music
- Swimming Season
- Barefoot
- Peeled
- Ghostly?
- Victory Familia
- Americanos All!
- Isbn
- 9781534409439
- Label
- Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
- Title
- Jazz owls
- Title remainder
- a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
- Statement of responsibility
- Margarita Engle ; art by Rudy Gutierrez
- Subject
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- Dance
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- Dancing -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueGangs
- Historical fiction
- trueJazz dancers
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- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction -- 20th century
- Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations | History -- 20th century -- Fiction
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- Mexican Americans
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- Mexican Americans -- Fiction
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- Sailors
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- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 20th Century
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Hispanic & Latino
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
- Young adult fiction
- trueZoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 -- Fiction
- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueJazz music
- 1900-1999
- California -- Los Angeles
- trueCriminal investigation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Thousands of Navy sailors are pouring into Los Angeles on their way to the front lines of World War II. They are young, scared, and longing to feel alive before they have to face the horrors of battle. Hot jazz music spiced with cool salsa rhythms calls them to dance with the local Mexican American girls, who jitterbug all night before working all day in the canneries. Proud to do their part for the war effort, these Jazz Owl girls dance with the sailors until the blazing summer night when racial violence leads to murder. Suddenly the restless white sailors are attacking the girls' brothers and boyfriends. The cool, loose zoot suits they wear are supposedly the reason for the violence - but really these boys are viciously beaten and arrested simply because of the color of their skin. In soaring images and searing poems, this is the breathtaking story of what became known as the Zoot Suit Riots as only Margarita Engle could tell it. -- From dust jacket
- Award
- ALA Notable Children's Book, 2019
- Awards note
- Américas Award commended title, 2019
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- 10639262
- Cataloging source
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- Engle, Margarita
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- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- Ages 12 up
- Literary form
- fiction
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- 7
- 12
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Gutierrez, Rudy
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- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
- World War, 1939-1945
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- Los Angeles (Calif.)
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- Novels in verse
- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
- Race relations
- Dancing
- Sailors
- Mexican Americans
- World War, 1939-1945
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION
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- Dance
- Mexican Americans
- Race relations
- Sailors
- California
- United States
- Target audience
- adolescent
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- a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
- Label
- Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots, Margarita Engle ; art by Rudy Gutierrez
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 178)
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- Contents
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- The River of Music
- Swimming Season
- Barefoot
- Peeled
- Ghostly?
- Victory Familia
- Americanos All!
- Control code
- on1000447275
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 179 pages
- Isbn
- 9781534409439
- Lccn
- 2017024247
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- (OCoLC)1000447275
- Label
- Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots, Margarita Engle ; art by Rudy Gutierrez
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 178)
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- The River of Music
- Swimming Season
- Barefoot
- Peeled
- Ghostly?
- Victory Familia
- Americanos All!
- Control code
- on1000447275
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 179 pages
- Isbn
- 9781534409439
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- 2017024247
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Subject
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- Mexican Americans
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- Mexican Americans -- Fiction
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- Sailors
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- trueSisters
- United States
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- World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile fiction
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Historical -- United States -- 20th Century
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- People & Places -- United States -- Hispanic & Latino
- YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism
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- trueZoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
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- trueSkinny Books (Teens)
- trueQuarantine Reads: Skinny Books (Teens)
- trueIf You Like . . . The Hate U Give
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