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Family, Friends, Fashion

Lizard in a Zoot Suit by Marco Finnegan

October 12, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

One crazy (not so little) book that takes you to the 1940s and shows us how fashion caused a riot. Or more accurately, the fact people wore something “different” and were “different” and the prejudices against being different caused people to cause a riot. Lizard in a Zoot Suit shows the layers of events that would lead to the events that would lead to the real-life Zoot Suit Riots. The fact there is a disguised Lizard creature trying to help two sisters when they find […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: family, Marco Finnegan, Mexican-American history, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Zoot Suit Riots

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:332 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, History, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: family, Marco Finnegan, Mexican-American history, siblings, Sisters, Social Themes, Zoot Suit Riots ·
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