"A little Brazilian cricket named Zaz dreams of singing in New York. After hopping a ride on a woman's fruit hat that takes her from her homeland to Manhattan, she meets a savvy fly named Buster who brings her to the Swing Café on East 54th Street. Everyone there speaks a common language, called Swing, and Zaz is inspired to take to the stage, sing from the heart, and deliver the performance of a lifetime"--P. [4] of cover
Themes & Content
- Genres
- Fiction
- Central Theme Categories
- Biography/Autobiography
- Centering Culture & Identity
- Content
- Inequalities
- Settings
- Americas
- Ethnicity
- Brazilian
- Immigration Representation
- Immigrants
- Gender Representation
- Girls/Women
- Race / Culture
- Black/African/African American
- Latinx/Hispanic/Latin American
- Character Prominence
- Dominant Main
