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Deans, Karen

Swing Sisters: The Story of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm

32 pp. | Holiday | February, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-1970-8 $16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. This book recounts the highs (performing for soldiers overseas) and lows (dealing with Jim Crow laws in the South) for the Sweethearts, an all-female jazz band started in 1939 at a school for African American orphans in Mississippi. Lively paintings highlight the band members' resilience. Pair this with Marilyn Nelson's Sweethearts of Rhythm for a slightly older audience. Websites. Bib.
Reviewer: Lauren Causey

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