Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx/La Juez Que Creci? En El Bronx by Winter, Jonah

The inspiring and timely story of Sonia Sotomayor, who rose up from a childhood of poverty and prejudice to become the first Latino to be nominated to the US Supreme Court.

Before Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor took her seat in our nation's highest court, she was just a little girl in the South Bronx. Justice Sotomayor didn't have a lot growing up, but she had what she needed -- her mother's love, a will to learn, and her own determination. With bravery she became the person she wanted to be. With hard work she succeeded. With little sunlight and only a modest plot from which to grow, Justice Sotomayor bloomed for the whole world to see.

Antes de que la magistrada de la Corte Suprema Sonia Sotomayor llegara al máximo tribunal de nuestra nación, no era más que una niñita en el South Bronx. La magistrada Sotomayor no tuvo mucho durante sus primeros años, pero sí tuvo lo que contaba -- el amor de su madre, la voluntad de aprender y su propia determinación. Con valentía se hizo la persona que quería ser. Con trabajo arduo triunfó. Con un poquito de sol en un solarcito donde crecer, la magistrada Sotomayor floreció para que todo el mundo la vea.

Author: Jonah Winter
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Published: 11/10/2009
Pages: 40
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 11.10h x 8.60w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9781442403031
Language: Spanish
Audience: Ages 9-12

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 135594 / Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx

Award: Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Commended

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/23/2009 pg. 55
Criticas 12/01/2009 pg. 1
Booklist 12/15/2009 pg. 43
School Library Journal 01/01/2010 pg. 94
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2010 pg. 175 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

About the Author
Jonah Winter is the award-winning author of more than forty nonfiction picture books that promote environmental awareness and social and racial justice. Among them are The Snow Man; The Little Owl & the Big Tree: A Christmas Story; Oil; The Secret Project; Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality; My Name is James Madison Hemings; Barack; The Founding Fathers!; and Lillian's Right to Vote, a Jane Addams Children's Book Award recipient and Kirkus Prize finalist.