Barbara Kramer - National Geographic Readers: Sonia Sotomayor

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Sincerely,

Mariam Jean Dreher
Professor of Reading Education
University of Maryland, College Park

For Callie and Kinsey, who are
on their way to becoming strong women
like Sonia Sotomayor B. K.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kramer, Barbara, author.

National geographic kids readers : Sonia
Sotomayor / By Barbara Kramer.

pages cm

Includes index.

eISBN: 978-1-4263-2292-1

1. Sotomayor, Sonia, 1954---Juvenile literature.
2. Judges--United States--Biography--Juvenile
literature. 3. United States. Supreme Court
--Biography--Juvenile literature. I. Title.

KF8745.S67K73 2016

347.732634--dc23

[B]

The publisher and author gratefully acknowl
edge the expert content review of this book by
Joan Biskupic, author of Breaking In: The Rise
of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice
(2014), and the literacy review of this book by
Mariam Jean Dreher, professor of reading
education, University of Maryland, College Park.

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On August 8, 2009, Sotomayor was
sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.

In August 2009, Sonia Sotomayor
(soh- toh- mye- OR) became a Supreme
Court justice. It is a special job. Sotomayor
is the 111th person ever to receive that
honor. She is the third woman and the first
Hispanic justice to serve on that court.

A justice is another name for a judge. There
are nine justices on the Supreme Court. They
work as a team to make rulings, or decisions.
Their rulings
become law
all across the
United States.

SUPREME COURT: The highest
court of law in the United States