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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
César Chávez	Bárbara Cruz	"Describes the life and accomplishments of César Chávez"--	OL12080647W
Our Lady of the Forest	David Guterson	From the best-selling author of Snow Falling on Cedars--an emotionally charged, provocative new novel about a teenage girl who claims to see the Virgin Mary.Ann Holmes seems an unlikely candidate for…	OL14858910W
Cesar Chavez	Lucile Davis	Presents the life story of the Mexican American labor leader who achieved justice for migrant farm workers by creating a union to protect their rights.	OL14873133W
Our Lady of the Forest	David Guterson	A sixteen-year-old runaway, Ann Holmes, is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in the foggy woods of North Fork, Washington, the Virgin comes to her, clear …	OL15148497W
Reaching out	Francisco Jiménez	Leaving his home in a migrant community, Francisco sets off for college, carrying memories of years of poverty and prejudice.	OL15579007W
Blues lessons	Robert Hellenga	"Growing up on his family's orchards in Appleton, Michigan, in the 1950s, Martin Dijksterhuis finds everything he needs in his extended family and in the land itself - in the reassuring routines of g…	OL1843680W
Migrant	Maxine Trottier	Anna, the daughter of migrant farm workers, sometimes feels like a bird, flying north in the spring and south in the fall, sometimes like a jackrabbit in an abandoned burrow. But above all Anna wonde…	OL19949770W
Taking hold	Francisco Jiménez	Continuing the best-selling life stories told in "The Circuit, Breaking Through, "and "Reaching Out, "Francisco Jimenez chronicles his efforts and struggles as he continues his education at Columbia …	OL20001479W
Chasing the harvest	Gabriel Thompson	"'The Grapes of Wrath' brought national attention to the condition of California's migrant farmworkers in the 1930s. Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers' grape and lettuce boycotts captured the …	OL20054751W
Jumping the line	Michael G. Harpold	"In 1965, Congress ends the practice of bringing Mexican workers to the United States to harvest crops, but Miguel Hernandez still needs work. Despite border patrols, taunts, and "coyotes," Miguel ju…	OL24432423W
César Chávez	David Goodwin	Story of the son of poor Mexican Americans and his lifelong struggle for the rights of migrant farm workers.	OL24921689W
Madonna z Lasu	David Guterson	This novel is about a teenage girl, Ann Holmes, who claims to see the Virgin Mary. A sixteen-year-old runaway, Ann is an itinerant mushroom picker who lives in a tent. But on a November afternoon, in…	OL27063259W
The quiet revolution	Sara Harris	Central Florida, a land of pleasure for most of its visitors, has also for many years harbored a subculture of often exploited migrant workers. For these people, life was an ordeal to be withstood. I…	OL2913176W
Farmworker's friend	David R. Collins	Examines the life and accomplishments of the Mexican American labor activist who helped organize migrant farm workers and establish a union to fight for their rights.	OL38447W
Barefoot heart	Elva Treviño Hart	Autobiography. Latino/a Studies. BAREFOOT HEART is a vividly told autobiographical account of the life of a child growing up in a family of migrant farm workers. Elva Trevino Hart was born in south T…	OL40129W
Cesar Chavez	Consuelo Rodriguez	Biography of the Mexican-American labor activist who organized and led the braceros, or migrant farm workers, in their struggle for better working conditions.	OL4473998W
Imperial	William T. Vollmann	An epic study of an emblematic American region by one of our most celebrated writersIt sprawls across a stinking artificial sea, across the deserts, date groves, and labor camps of southeastern Calif…	OL506906W
Cesar Chavez	Denise Rinaldo	v. cm	OL6029307W
Cesar Chavez	Eric Braun,Charles Barnett III,Al Milgrom,Steve Erwin,Harry Roland	Cesar Chavez – In graphic novel format, recounts the life story of labor organizer and union leader Cesar Chavez.	OL8162706W
Cesar Chavez	David Seidman	Discusses the life and work of Cesar Chavez, an American labor leader who organized the farm worker's union, United Farm Workers.	OL848542W