Jovita Llevaba Pantalones: La Historia de Una Mexicana Que Luchó Por La Libertad (Spanish Edition)

by Aida Salazar (Author) Molly Mendoza (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Jovita soñaba con poder usar pantalones como sus hermanos Ramón y Luciano.Cuando su padre y sus hermanos marcharon a la Guerra Cristera a luchar por el derecho a practicar libremente su religión, ella quiso ayudar. Entonces sobrevino la tragedia, y Jovita se vio obligada a cortarse el pelo, ponerse pantalones y continuar la lucha. Disfrazada de hombre, se puso al mando de un batallón que la siguió sin dudar.
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Aida Salazar
Aida Salazar is an award-winning author and arts activist whose writings for adults and children explore issues of identity and social justice. She is the author of the middle-grade verse novels The Moon Within (International Latino Book Award Winner), Land of the Cranes (Americas Award Winner), the picture book anthology, In the Spirit of a Dream, and the picture book biography Jovita Wore Pants: The Story of a Mexican Freedom Fighter. She is a founding member of Las Musas, a Latinx kidlit debut author collective. Her short story "By the Light of the Moon" was adapted into a ballet production by the Sonoma Conservatory of Dance and is the first Xicana-themed ballet in history. She lives with her family of artists in Oakland, California.
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ISBN-13
9781338849127
Lexile Measure
940
Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Scholastic en Espanol
Publication date
September 19, 2023
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
JNF038070 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Mexico
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