Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots
by Margarita Engle and Rudy Gutierrez
Most of this novel-in-verse recounting what happened before, during, and after what... read more
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Historical Fiction
- Poetry
- Cultural Area
- Latinx
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 1300L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945--United States--Fiction
- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943--Fiction
- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943--Juvenile fiction
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Poetry
- World War, 1939-1945
- Dancing
- Dancing--Fiction
- Mexican Americans
- Mexican Americans--Fiction
- Sailors--Fiction
- Zoot Suit Riots, Los Angeles, Calif., 1943
- Sailors
- Novels in verse
- Children's Books/All Ages
- Los Angeles (Calif.)
- History
- Race relations--Fiction
- United States
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century--Fiction
- Race relations
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 2
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Awards & Distinctions 5

Notable Children's Books, 1995-2019
Commended, 2019

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2019
History, Life, Culture in the Americas Selection, 2019

Recent Book Award Winners & Honorees
Commended, 2019

CCBC Choices
Selection, 2019
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