The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano

By Sonia Manzano

In her debut novel, Manzano beautifully recreates a world of turmoil in 1969 Spanish Harlem. Fourteen-year-old Evelyn Serrano is caught in a whirlwind of events led by the revolutionary Young Lords. Navigating the tensions between her activist abuela and conservative mother, Evelyn learns to value her own culture and history.


More in fiction, historical fiction

More from Pura Belpré Children's Author Award