Jazz owls : a novel of the Zoot Suit Riots / Margarita Engle ; art by Rudy Gutierrez.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Main Author: Engle, Margarita (Author)
Other Authors: Gutierrez, Rudy (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 > Juvenile fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans > California > Los Angeles > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Race relations > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Novels in verse.
Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943 > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Dancing > Fiction.
Sailors > Fiction.
Mexican Americans > Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > 20th century > 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.
Dance.
Mexican Americans.
Race relations.
Sailors.
California > Los Angeles.
United States.
Race relations > Juvenile fiction.
Dance > Juvenile fiction.
Sailors > Juvenile fiction.
Mexican Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Dance > Fiction.
Sea stories > Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > Juvenile fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > History > Fiction.
1900-1999
Young adult works.
History.
Young adult fiction.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Genre:
Juvenile fiction.
Fiction.
Young adult works.
Novels in verse.
History.
Young adult fiction.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Physical Description:179 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: The River of Music
  • Swimming Season
  • Barefoot
  • Peeled
  • Ghostly?
  • Victory Familia
  • Americanos All!