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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Hard row	Margaret Maron	As Judge Deborah Knott presides over a case involving a barroom brawl, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are simmering just below the surface in the cou…	OL100017W
The migrant farmer in the history of the Cape colony, 1657-1842	Petrus Johannes Van der Merwe,Roger B. Beck	first English edition of "Trekboer in die geskiedenis van die Kaapcolonie, 1657-1842"	OL1174276W
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
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
Elegy on the death of César Chávez	Rudolfo A. Anaya	A poem eulogizing the Mexican American labor activist Cesar Chavez and his work helping organize migrant farm workers.	OL18306559W
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
Wandering workers	Willard Allison Heaps	Examines, chiefly through interviews with migrant workers, their problems of employment, housing, and child welfare and education.	OL22465655W
Cris Plata	Maia Surdam	"Raised among Mexican American farmworkers, singer-songwriter Cris Plata spoke Spanish, ate Mexican food, and heard Mexican music played by family and friends. He also spoke English, went to school w…	OL23180780W
The Grapes of Wrath	John Steinbeck	Steinbeck’s classic novel of the Great Depression is as vivid now as ever. The story focuses on a family of Oklahoma sharecroppers, farmers who work another man’s land for a share of the crops. Drive…	OL23205W
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
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
The Brownie Scouts in the Cherry Festival	Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson	Restless Veve McGuire finds making a crazy quilt rather tiresome. The Brownie Scouts plan to sell the quilt to make money, but Veve thinks she can find an easier way to earn money. Veve searches th…	OL5010529W
Small hands, big hands	Sandra Weiner	Seven migrant workers, ranging in age from eleven to sixty-seven, tell what it is like to live in agricultural labor camps.	OL6916363W
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