First published 1992
In 1960s California, migrant farm workers face backbreaking labor, poverty wages, and harsh living conditions. But when Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta organize the workers into the United Farm Workers union, they ignite a movement that shakes the agricultural industry to its core. Through strikes, boycotts, and nonviolent protest, Chavez and Huerta galvanize a scattered workforce, challenge the growers' power, and capture the nation's attention. As the fight for fair treatment and dignity intensifies, the migrant workers risking everything discover their own strength and courage.
Genres: civil-war, historical-fiction, biography-memoir, social-justice, activism, american-history
Vibes: emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, underdog
Setting: United States
Period: 1960s
2112 pages · Library Binding · Heinemann/Raintree
Content warnings: racism