Rising from the Ashes: Los Angeles, 1992
by Paula Yoo
🏆 2025 YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults
Subtitled Edward Jae Song Lee, Latasha Harlins, Rodney King, and a City on Fire, this is a well-researched and highly readable account of the violent protests that took place in Los Angeles in 1992 — variously described as riots, an insurrection or an uprising.
