Lizard in a Zoot Suit

Los Angeles. 1943. The summer of the Zoot Suit Riots.

Flaca and Cuata have a problem. It's bigger than being grounded by their strict ma. It's bigger than fights with the soldiers stationed near their neighborhood. And it's shaped like a five-foot-tall lizard.

After a scaly creature rescues Cuata from a brawl in downtown L.A., she names him Chulito. He's a stranded member of an undiscovered species, with the rest of his family nowhere to be found. When a corrupt military scientist tries to...