Jovita wore pants : the story of a Mexican freedom fighter / by Aida Salazar ; art by Molly Mendoza.

By:

Salazar, Aida [author.]

Contributor(s):

Mendoza, Molly [illustrator.]

Material type:

TextPublisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2023Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmContent type:

text

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781338283419
9781516094820
1338283413
1516094824

Other title:

Story of a Mexican freedom fighter

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

921 VAL 972.08/2092 B 23

LOC classification:

F1234.V17 S25 2023

Awards:

Texas Bluebonnet Award, 2024

Summary: Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father strategized and familiarizing herself with the terrain. When tragedy struck, she did the only thing that felt right to her--cut her hair, donned a pair of pants, and continued the fight, commanding a battalion who followed her without question.

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Jovita didn't want to cook and clean like her sisters, and she especially didn't want to wear the skirts her abuela gave her. She wanted to race her brothers and climb the tallest mesquite trees in Rancho Palos Blancos, ride horses, and wear pants! When her father and brothers joined the Cristeros War to fight for the right to practice religion, she wanted to help. She wasn't allowed to fight, but that didn't stop her from observing how her father strategized and familiarizing herself with the terrain. When tragedy struck, she did the only thing that felt right to her--cut her hair, donned a pair of pants, and continued the fight, commanding a battalion who followed her without question.