?Quien es Sonia Sotomayor?

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title ?Quien es Sonia Sotomayor?
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Megan Stine
By (author) Who HQ
Illustrated by Dede Putra
Translated by Yanitzia Canetti
Series?Quien fue?
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 194,Width 135
ISBN/Barcode 9780593522660
ClassificationsDewey:347.732634
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint Penguin Workshop
Publication Date 3 January 2023
Publication Country United States

Description

Spanish speakers can now learn the truly inspiring story of the first Latin Supreme Court Justice. Los hispanohablantes pueden ahora conocer la historia verdaderamente inspiradora de la primera jueza latina del Tribunal Supremo. 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 in the court's history and the first Hispanic. 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. Expresiva, energica y divertida, Sonia Sotomayor ha logrado convertir cada lucha de su vida en un triunfo. Nacida en el Bronx de padres inmigrantes de Puerto Rico, Sonia descubri a los nueve anos que tenia diabetes, una enfermedad grave ahora, pero aon mas peligrosa hace cincuenta anos. C mo afront la joven Sonia la devastadora noticia? Aprendi a administrarse sus inyecciones diarias de insulina y se empen en aprovechar al maximo su vida. Fue la popular serie de televisi n de los anos sesenta Perry Mason la que hizo que Sonia quisiera convertirse en abogada. Y no solo abogada, sino tambien jueza! Su extraordinaria carrera se vio coronada en 2009 cuando el presidente Barack Obama la nombr miembro del Tribunal Supremo, siendo la tercera mujer en la historia del tribunal y la primera hispana. Las historias de la carrera de Sotomayor no son de orden juridico- cierta vez se subi a una motocicleta para perseguir a los falsificadores y fue la jueza cuya decisi n puso fin a la huelga de las Grandes Ligas de beisbol en 1995.

Author Biography

Yanitzia Canetti es la presidenta de Cambridge BrickHouse, Inc. Yanitzia se desempena como consultora literaria, escritora y traductora para las principales editoriales. Experta tanto en libros para el mercado general como para el sector educativo, es la autora de mas de 500 libros. En el 2011, fue elegida por la revista People en espanol como una de las 25 Mujeres Hispanas Mas Poderosas del Mundo. Yanitzia Canetti is the head of Brickhouse Learning. Yanitzia works as a literary consultant, writer, and translator across all major publishing houses. An expert in both the trade and educational markets, she has published over 500 books in Spanish. In 2011, she was selected by People magazine as one of the 25 Most Powerful Hispanic Women of the World.