Jazz Owls

Download or Read eBook Jazz Owls PDF written by Margarita Engle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Jazz Owls
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9781534409446
ISBN-13 : 1534409440
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Book Synopsis Jazz Owls by : Margarita Engle

Book excerpt: In early 1940s Los Angeles, Mexican Americans Marisela and Lorena work in canneries all day then jitterbug with sailors all night with their zoot suit wearing younger brother Ray, as escort until the night racial violence leads to murder. Told in verse format.


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