The revolution of Evelyn Serrano

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Label

The revolution of Evelyn Serrano

Statement of responsibility

Sonia Manzano

Creator

• trueManzano, Sonia

Subject

• trueAmerican people
• trueCaribbean people
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueEast Harlem, New York City -- History -- 20th century
• trueFamilies
• trueFamilies -- New York City
• Family life -- New York (State) | Harlem -- Fiction
• trueGrandmothers
• Grandmothers -- Fiction
• Grandmothers -- Juvenile fiction
• Grandparent and child -- Juvenile fiction
• trueHistorical fiction
• trueIdentity (Psychology)
• Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
• Identity -- Fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Juvenile fiction
• trueNew York City -- History -- 20th century
• trueNorth American people
• trueProtest movements
• Protest movements -- Fiction
• Protest movements -- New York (State) | New York -- Juvenile fiction
• Puerto Rican families -- Juvenile fiction
• truePuerto Rican people
• truePuerto Ricans
• Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) | New York -- Fiction
• Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) | New York -- Juvenile fiction
• trueTeenage girls
• trueTeenage girls -- Puerto Rico

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Historical fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated--and dangerous

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Character

• trueCulturally diverse

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2013
• Amelia Bloomer List, 2013
• Americas Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, 2013.
• Notable Books for a Global Society, 2013.

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

• [Fic]
• 813.6

Index

no index present

Intended audience

720

Intended audience source

Lexile

LC call number

PZ7.M3213

LC item number

Rev 2012

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 10

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

pre adolescent