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Sonia sotomayor, now a supreme court judge, tells her story from happy but impoverished childhood to her current position of respect and authority, dealing with severe diabetes along the way. Apr 30, 2018 the 63yearold has written a middle school version of her memoir, the beloved world of sonia sotomayor, and a childrens book, turning pages. Writings by justice sotomayor lii legal information institute. At least half of my beloved world is a love letter to sotomayors south bronx childhood, toggling from past to present tense, full of cousins and poems and food, all of it held together by. Photos courtesy of the bronx is reading the bronx book festival. The first hispanic female supreme court justice, sonia sotomayor, is an american role model. This insightful biography introduces readers to justice sonia sotomayor, a remarkable woman with a singleminded pursuit of educational excellence, who rose from poverty in a bronx housing project to a seat on the u. Little is known of zayas life except that she was born into a noble family in madrid and may have lived in zaragoza, where her. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting justice, she recounts her life from a bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in. Justice sotomayor will take attendees on her journey to become the first. To us, sotomayor is a one of a kind hero, but to sonia, her mother is the true hero. Kathleen krull is an acclaimed biographer for young readers. Sonia sotomayor spent the summer reading up on antonin scalia.
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