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PURA BELPR
A Romeo and Juliet-inspired story amid the civil rights era
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A Romeo and Juliet-inspired story amid the civil rights era
Set during the civil rights era, the novel centers on a Mexican American girl whose response to the murders of her white classmate and her best friend from the barrio leads her toward a movement for justice. Its Romeo and Juliet inspiration brings a familiar literary frame to a story grounded in race, community, loss, and activism in the United States. The description establishes both the historical setting and the event that propels the protagonist toward political action, while leaving the movement’s work and the story’s further turns open.
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