The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano (18 page)

SONIA MANZANO has affected the lives of millions since the early 1970s as the actress who defined the role of Maria on the acclaimed television series
Sesame Street
. Sonia has won fifteen Emmy Awards for her television writing and was twice nominated for an Emmy Award as best performer in a children's series. Adding to her list of credits, Sonia has been named by
People En Español
magazine as one of America's most influential Hispanics. This is Sonia's first novel. She lives in New York City.

Copyright © 2012 by Sonia Manzano

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Manzano, Sonia.
      The revolution of Evelyn Serrano / Sonia Manzano. 1st ed.
         p. cm.

      Summary: It is 1969 in Spanish Harlem, and fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is trying hard to break free from her conservative Puerto Rican surroundings, but when her activist grandmother comes to stay and the neighborhood protests start, things get a lot more complicated — and dangerous.

ISBN 978-0-545-32505-9 — ISBN 978-0-545-32506-6 1. Puerto Rican families — Juvenile fiction. 2. Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Juvenile fiction. 3. Grandmothers — Juvenile fiction. 4. Grandparent and child — Juvenile fiction. 5. Identity (Psychology) — Juvenile fiction. 6. Protest movements — New York (State) — New York — Juvenile fiction. 7. East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) — Juvenile fiction. 8. New York (N.Y.) — History — Juvenile fiction. [1. Puerto Ricans — New York (State) — New York — Fiction. 2. Family life — New York (State) — Harlem — Fiction. 3. Grandmothers — Fiction. 4. Identity — Fiction. 5. Protest movements — Fiction. 6. East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) — History — 20th century — Fiction. 7. New York (N.Y.) — History — 20th century — Fiction.] I. Title.
      PZ7.M3213Rev 2012
      813.6 — dc23

2012009240

First edition, September 2012

Jacket design and image created by Elizabeth B. Parisi, with images by Afton Almaraz/Getty and Buena Vista/Getty

e-ISBN 978-0-545-46958-6

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