Welcome to the Bank Street Children's Book Committee's (CBC) Searchable Best Books List, a tool designed to help educators, families, librarians, and others access developmentally appropriate and engaging books for young readers (ages birth - 18).
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Evangelina Takes Flight
by Diana J. Noble
Ages: 12+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Piñata Books/Arte Público
ISBN: 978-1-55885-848-0
Keywords: Immigrants, Diversity, Mexican Americans, Mexico
In 1911, thirteen-year-old Evangelina and her family must leave Mexico because of revolutionaries. Will their new town in the U.S. ever permit her to be educated and to feel comfortable?