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Lexile/Reading Level
AD800L

Genre/Category
Biographies | History | Nonfiction | Picture Books

Historical Time Period
Contemporary
Date
1900s
Topic
Civil Rights | Hispanics and Latinos | Migrant Workers
Geographic Region
California | United States - America
Main Character
Man/Men
Award-Winning Book
Christophers Book Awards | Pura Belpré Award Nominee for Illustrations
Format
Audiobook | Book

Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez

Author: Krull, Kathleen

Cesar Chavez is known as one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders. When he led a 340-mile peaceful protest march through California, he ignited a cause and improved the lives of thousands of migrant farmworkers. But Cesar wasn’t always a leader. As a boy, he was shy and teased at school. His family slaved in the fields for barely enough money to survive.

Cesar knew things had to change, and he thought that–maybe–he could help change them. So he took charge. He spoke up. And an entire country listened.

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Lexile/Reading Level
Recommended for 4-6 Grades

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical | Realistic

Topic
Dreams | Journey | Migrant Workers
Geographic Region
United States - America
Main Character
Girl(s)
Format
Book | Ebook

Judy’s Journey (American Regional)

Author: Lenski, LoisPart of a Series: American Regional

One of the author’s series of regional books for children, this is the story of a fierce-tempered child of a migrant family that journeys from Alabama sharecropper shack in a desperate search for security. Fortunately, Judy has the good sense to learn something from each experience.

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Lexile/Reading Level
NA - Recommended for 8-10 Grades

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical | Realistic

Historical Time Period
Great Depression
Date
1930s
Topic
Family Relationships | Growing Up - Coming of Age | Migrant Workers | Strikes
Geographic Region
California | United States - America
Main Character
Boy(s)
Award-Winning Book
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction
Format
Book

Time of Troubles

Author: van Raven, Pieter

Book A Time of TroublesHaving crossed the country with his father during the Depression to find work in California, fourteen-year-old Roy encounters cruel exploitation by the Growers’ Association of the desperate, impoverished people pouring into the state.

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Lexile/Reading Level
920L

Genre/Category
Fiction | Historical | Realistic

Topic
Dust Bowl | Family Relationships | Great Depression | Homelessness and Poverty | Migrant Workers
Main Character
Girl(s)
Award-Winning Book
Newbery | Newbery Honor
Format
Book

Blue Willow

Author: Gates, Doris

To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn’t have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community.

Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children.

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2nd140-500L
3rd330-700L
4th445-810L
5th565-910L
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