{"title":"Mari Vicente","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003eMari combined her passion for teaching Spanish, writing about real life events and social justice into \"Felicitas y Gonzalo Méndez: Para todos los ninos.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAfter 18 years in the classroom, Mari Vicente just retired as a Spanish teacher. Her work experience also includes journalism and social work. \u003cem\u003eFelicitas y Gonzalo Méndez: Para todos los niños\u003c\/em\u003e is her first novel. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA graduate of the University of Puerto Rico's Journalism School, Mari now lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, Nick and is a member of the writing collaborative, The Writing Sisters. She plans to continue writing about the many Latinas who’ve done great things in the world, but whose stories remain untold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cimg height=\"290\" width=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1127\/6476\/collections\/IMG_1716.jpg?v=1776692016\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"felicitas-y-gonzalo-mendez-para-todos-los-ninos-by-mari-vicente","title":"Felícitas y Gonzalo Méndez: Para todos los niños, by Mari Vicente","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1944 in Westminster, California, while white children attended a beautiful school with many resources, Latinex children attended a decrepit school surrounded by an electrical fence next to a cow pasture. Most schools in the western and southwestern United States segregated Latinex children from their white counterparts. When their children were denied enrollment in the good school, Felícitas and Gonzalo Méndez decided to take a stand: They organized their community, hired a civil rights lawyer, and paid for the lion's share of all legal fees.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the true story of a family that challenged discrimination. The case \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMéndez v Westminster\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eproduced the famous words \"Separate is never equal\" for the first time in the USA's legal history, setting the precedent for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBrown v Board of Education.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was because of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMéndez v Westminster\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e that California became the first state in the USA to desegregate schools. This is an inspiring story about Latinex heroes, the value of fighting for equality, and the power of banding together as a community in order to fight for justice.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cu\u003eFelícitas and Gonzalo Méndez: Para todos los niños\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a comprehensible novel written in intermediate level Spanish that provides a full glossary of all vocabulary used. This story is appropriate for many types of readers: Spanish learners in middle and high schools, native Spanish speakers in elementary schools, and students in Spanish immersion programs. It's also appropriate for adults who are non-native speakers to enjoy an interesting, true story, while practicing their Spanish skills. Adult native speakers would learn a chapter about Latinos and civil rights history in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLevel 2-3 and above\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eisbn 979-8277718988\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CPLI (Command Performance Books)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48413504864483,"sku":"979-8277718988","price":8.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1127\/6476\/files\/FelicitasyGonzaloMendez-Paratodoslosninos.jpg?v=1772731217"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1127\/6476\/collections\/IMG_1716.jpg?v=1776692016","url":"https:\/\/cpli-bookstore.myshopify.com\/collections\/mari-vicente\/level-2.oembed","provider":"CPLI (Command Performance Books)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}