Biography of farm worker and labor organizer Cesar Chavez, looking at his actions, turning points, and the many perceptions held about him, and discussing how he has become a role model for Chicanos.
Maureen takes her chance to explore the outside world and get away from her mother, the troubled Mama Ruby, who kidnapped Maureen from a friend as an infant and is rumored to have killed her former husband.
When their father insists that they lack "life experiences," teenaged brothers Gabriel and Gustavo reluctantly agree to a family vacation in a California migrant camp, where the boys pick crops and learn about immigrant labor and prejudice within the Hispanic community.
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.
Chronicles the story of a young man's illegal entry into the United States from the state of Michoacan, Mexico and his life working in the vegetable fields of California.
While helping his family intheir work as migrant laborers far from their home, Tomas finds an entire world to explore in the books at the local public library.
