migrant labor

Tells the life story of C?esar Ch?avez, whose efforts as a labor leader in the mid-twentieth century brought better working conditions to migrant farmworkers in the U.S.

A story presented in English and Spanish in which a boy named Panchito worries that he will not get the gift he has been hoping for when his family has to move a few days before Christmas to find work.

Best friends Lennie and George find themselves unemployed in Depression-era California, unable to maintain a stable working pattern for long because of Lennie's infantile mental capacity. Their world is ripped apart by tragedy when Curley's beautful but unhappy wife becomes the innocent victim of Lennie's compassion.

Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.

Presents the events of the Dust Bowl which occured during the 1930s from three different perspectives, an Oklahoma farmer, a migrant worker in California, and a government journalist.

After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.

Presents the complete text of the 1939 epic about the Great Depression and includes a collection of critical and contextual essays.

Migratory workers strike against the landowners in California's apple country, led by Jim Nolan.

Contains a collection of poetry that discusses the life, work, and values of activist Cesar Chavez.

While helping his family in their work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.