Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
Larry Dane Brimner$14.44
$16.99
*Discover the important history of California's migrant workers and their strike for fair wages during the Delano grape strike in the 1960's
*Learn about Latino civil rights activist César Chávez and Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong
*From Sibert award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner Here is the gripping story of the Grape Strike that stirred a nation, as well as the rise of Latino civil rights activist César Chávez and the United Farm Workers of America. In the 1960's, while the United States was at war and racial tensions were boiling over, Filipino-American workers were demanding fair wages and decent living conditions in California's vineyards. When the workers walked off the fields in September 1965, the great Delano grape strike began. Did the signing of labor contracts with growers in 1970 mean an end to the problems of the American field laborers, or was it a short-lived truce? This nonfiction book for young readers follows the five-year long strike and also provides details about César Chávez and the United Farm Workers. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner's riveting text, complemented by black-and-white archival photographs and the words of workers, organizers, and growers, tells the powerful history.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Published: 10/01/2014
ISBN: 9781590789971
Pages: 172
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 10.00h x 9.40w x 0.80d
Award: Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Honor Book
Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 143
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2014
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 128
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 45
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 169517 / Strike! the Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
Reading Level: 8.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6
*Learn about Latino civil rights activist César Chávez and Filipino-American labor organizer Larry Itliong
*From Sibert award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner Here is the gripping story of the Grape Strike that stirred a nation, as well as the rise of Latino civil rights activist César Chávez and the United Farm Workers of America. In the 1960's, while the United States was at war and racial tensions were boiling over, Filipino-American workers were demanding fair wages and decent living conditions in California's vineyards. When the workers walked off the fields in September 1965, the great Delano grape strike began. Did the signing of labor contracts with growers in 1970 mean an end to the problems of the American field laborers, or was it a short-lived truce? This nonfiction book for young readers follows the five-year long strike and also provides details about César Chávez and the United Farm Workers. Award-winning author Larry Dane Brimner's riveting text, complemented by black-and-white archival photographs and the words of workers, organizers, and growers, tells the powerful history.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Published: 10/01/2014
ISBN: 9781590789971
Pages: 172
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 10.00h x 9.40w x 0.80d
Award: Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Honor Book
Review Citations: School Library Journal 06/01/2014 pg. 143
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2014
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2014 pg. 128
Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 45
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2014 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Superior,Well Above Average
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 169517 / Strike! the Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
Reading Level: 8.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 6