Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781590789971)

*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 C駸ar Ch疱ez 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 C駸ar Ch疱ez 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 C駸ar Ch疱ez 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.

Author: Larry Dane Brimner
ISBN-10: 1590789970
ISBN-13: 9781590789971
Publisher: Calkins Creek Books
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2014
Pages: 172
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.15lbs
Size: 10.00h x 9.40w x 0.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.5
Point Value: 6
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 169517 / Strike! the Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights

Award: Americas Award for Children & Young Adult Literature - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
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