The (r)evolution of Evelyn Serrano

By Sonia Manzano

Subjects: New york (n.y.), history, fiction, Identity, fiction, Identity (psychology), Grandmothers, Grandparent and child, Family life, fiction, Identity, Fiction, Puerto ricans, Children's fiction, Puerto ricans, new york (state), new york, fiction, Grandparents, fiction, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rican families, Puerto rican families, Protest movements, Juvenile fiction, Puerto ricans, fiction, Family, fiction, History, Identity (Psychology), New york (n.y.), fiction, Family life

Description: 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.