Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?

Name: Who Is Sonia Sotomayor?
ISBN: 9780399541926

Megan Stine

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · February 7, 2017

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Who it’s for: Personal resilience and landmark legal work meet in a biography with lively, unexpected turns.
Themes: Perseverance through adversity, Judicial career, Puerto Rican immigrant family
Genres: Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.), Biographies of Women for Kids, Political Biographies for Kids

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The truly inspiring story of the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. Outspoken, energetic, and fun, Sonia Sotomayor has managed to turn every struggle in life into a triumph. Born in the Bronx to immigrant parents from Puerto Rico, Sonia found out at age nine that she had diabetes, a serious illness now but an even more dangerous one fifty years ago. How did young Sonia handle the devastating news?

She learned to give herself her daily insulin shots and became determined to make the most out of her life. It was the popular sixties TV show Perry Mason that made Sonia want to become a lawyer. Not only a lawyer, but a judge! Her remarkable career was capped in 2009 when President Barack Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court, only the third woman and first Hispanic justice in the court's history. Stories of Sotomayor's career are hardly dry legal stuff—she once hopped on a motorcycle to chase down counterfeiters and was the judge whose ruling ended the Major League baseball strike in 1995.

A Life in Law

Personal resilience and landmark legal work meet in a biography with lively, unexpected turns.

Come here for

Sonia Sotomayor’s path from the Bronx to the Supreme Court
A career with courtroom stakes beyond dry legal detail

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A portrait of determination through illness and ambition
Memorable moments, from chasing counterfeiters to ending a baseball strike

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Political Biographies for Kids	60%
Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.)	36%
Biographies of Women for Kids	33%

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Biographies of Women for Kids
Hispanic & Latino Life (U.S.)
Law & Crime for Kids

Authors: Megan Stine
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: February 7, 2017
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Perseverance through adversity · Judicial career · Puerto Rican immigrant family
Reading lane: Biographies of Women for Kids