2024 selection · Young readers

Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park

Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park by María Dolores Águila, illustrated by Magdalena Mora appears in NPR’s 2024 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around kids’ books, eye-opening reads, identity & culture, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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