Juanita Fights The School Board

ISBN-10: 1558851151
ISBN-13: 9781558851153
Author: Velasquez, Gloria
Interest Level: 7-12
Publisher: Arte Publico Press

Publication Date: September 1994

Copyright: 1994

Page Count: 151

Series: Roosevelt High School

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Interest Level

Grades 7-12

Reading Level

Guided Reading: Z
Lexile: 740L
Accelerated Reader Level: 4.4
Accelerated Reader Points: 5.0
Grade Level Equivalent: 6

BISAC Subjects

Mexican Americans; Fiction

Mexican Americans; Fiction

Mexican Americans; Fiction

Description
Juanita, the eldest daughter of Mexican farm workers, is expelled from high school, but with the help of a Latina psychologist and a civil rights attorney, she fights the discriminatory treatment and returns determined to finish school.