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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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Get out your drapes and rumba

Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots by Margarita Engle

May 3, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Get out your drapes and start to jump, leap and swing to the beat! You will Rumba the night away! Jazz Owls: A Novel of the Zoot Suit Riots by Margarita Engle is a prose poetry book that reads like a novel. Each character (and there are several, some named and some just their occupation) has a story to tell about California in the early years of the Untied States time in World War Two. American born sisters, 16-year-old Marisela and 14-year-old Lorena just want […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Poetry, Young Adult Tagged With: 20th century his, california, Dance, Los Angeles history, Margarita Engle, Race relations, Racism, Rudy Gutierrez, Zoot Suit Riots

BlackRaven's CBR11 Review No:150 · Genres: Fiction, History, Poetry, Young Adult · Tags: 20th century his, california, Dance, Los Angeles history, Margarita Engle, Race relations, Racism, Rudy Gutierrez, Zoot Suit Riots ·
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