Sonia Sotomayor: A Judge Grows in the Bronx
- ISBN-10
- 0545607000
- ISBN-13
- 9780545607001
- Series
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Category
- Judges
- Pages
- 38
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009
- Author
- Jonah Winter
Description
A biography of U.S. Supreme Court judge, Sonia Sotomayor.
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- 2023-08-01
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