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Gathering The Sun

author: Ada, Alma Flor
A book of poems, presented in Spanish and English, about working in the fields and nature's bounty, one poem for each letter of the Spanish alphabet.
861
year: 1997
copies: 36
call number/section: 861
lexile: 590

Esperanza Renace

author: Ryan, Pam Mu?oz, Ryan, Pam Munoz
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740

Senderos Fronterizos

author: Jim?nez, Francisco
Having come from Mexico to California ten years ago, fourteen-year-old Francisco is still working in the fields but fighting to improve his life and complete his education.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mexican americans, agricultural laborers [X], spanish language materials [X], california

C?sar Ch?vez

author: Hudson-goff, Elizabeth
Presents a graphic novel biography of the life of Cesar Chavez, explaining the historical significance of the Mexican American labor organizer who demanded rights for migrant farm workers.
741.5
year: 2007
copies: 10
call number/section: 741.5
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C?sar Ch?vez

author: Wadsworth, Ginger
Presents a biography of Cesar Chavez, who in the 1960s founded the National Association of Agricultural Workers in order to provide better wages and working conditions for migrant workers.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:

C?sar Ch?vez

author: Griswold Del Castillo, Richard
A simple biography of the man who worked to win fairer treatment of the migrant farm workers in California in the 1960s and to establish the United Farm Workers union.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: chavez, cesar, united farm workers, labor leaders, mexican americans, agricultural laborers [X], spanish language materials [X], bilingual books

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